Hadley Creek Sub-District v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

This is an appeal by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company from a judgment of the county court of Pike county confirming a drainage assessment made by a jury against appellant’s' right of way in the Hadley Creek Sub-district, a sub-district organized by a proceeding in the county court of Pike county out of lands lying within the boundaries of the Sny Island Levee Drainage District, hereinafter referred to as the Sny district. The Sny district was organized in the county court of Pike county in 1880 under the Levee act. It is about fifty miles long, northerly and southerly, and…