Hillview Drainage & Levee District v. Dowdall

This is a writ of error to review a judgment of the county court of Greene county confirming an assessment roll for a special assessment, under section 37 of the Levee act, against lands in the Hillview Drainage and Levee District, a drainage district organized under the Levee act. On the hearing, which was before a jury, plaintiffs in error, who were land owners, objected to the introduction to the jury or presentation of the assessment roll prepared by the drainage commissioners, which objection was overruled. The plaintiffs in error also moved to strike from the files said commissioners’…