Commissioners of Deland Special Drainage District v. Warner

Appellees, the commissioners of Deland Special Drainage District of Piatt county, Illinois, filed their petition in the county court of Piatt county under the Farm Drainage act against appellants to condemn a strip of land through the farms of appellants for drainage purposes. Appellants filed an answer, also a cross-petition, in which they denied the right of appellees to condemn the lands and alleged certain facts relative to the value of the land taken and the damage to land not taken. There was a trial by jury, they inspected the land and returned a verdict for appellants for $3724.40 for…