Juvinall v. Jamesburg Drainage District
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Vermilion county; the Hon. S. Murray Clark, Judge, presiding. This is a petition, filed in the county court of Vermilion county on July 25, 1902, to establish a drainage district under the provisions of the statute known as “An act to provide for the construction, reparation and protection of drains, ditches and levees, across the lauds of others, for agricultural, sanitary and mining purposes, and to provide for the organization of drainage…
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Appeal from the County Court of Vermilion county; the Hon. S. Murray Clark, Judge, presiding. This is a petition, filed in the county court of Vermilion county on July 25, 1902, to establish a drainage district under the provisions of the statute known as “An act to provide for the construction, reparation and protection of drains, ditches and levees, across the lauds of others, for agricultural, sanitary and mining purposes, and to provide for the organization of drainage districts,” approved and in force May 29,1879. (2 Starr & Curt. Ann. Stat.—2d ed.—p. 1500). After notices given, an order…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice M a cruder
delivered the opinion of the court:
It is evident from the statement, which precedes this g opinion, that the questions of damages to lands taken, were ignored by the commissioners in making the assessments. The objectors offered to show, on the hearing before the commissioners, in support of their objections, that they had lands, which were taken, and also lands that were damaged but not taken, but the trial court refused to allow the proofs so offered to be made, and entered an order overruling the objections, which raised the point.
The proceedings, however, show that…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Ginn v. Moultrie, Coles & Douglas Drainage DistrictIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
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- Hutchins v. Vandalia Levee & Drainage DistrictIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
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