People ex rel. Herman v. Commissioners of Bug River Special Drainage Dist.

In August, 1897, the Bug River Special Drainage District in the counties of Montgomery and Christian was organized under the act of June 27, 1885, providing for such districts for farm drainage. (2 Starr & Cur. Ann. Stat. 1536.) Appellees, who are commissioners of said drainage district, afterward made an order under section 42 of said act, which was filed in the office of the county clerk of Montgomery county March 11, 1899, annexing to said district various tracts of land adjoining and contiguous to the original boundaries of the district in various places. The basis for the order of…