Holmes v. Calhoun County

Kinne, J

I. Plaintiff, a landowner in Calhoun county, Iowa, brings this action to enjoin the county, its auditor, treasurer and board of supervisors, from constructing a tile drain upon and along the highway adjacent to his premises, He avers that the *361board of supervisors had entered into a contract with a party to construct such a drain along the south line of his land; that the same is so planned as to drain, not only the highway, but also to carry off the water which accumulates on the land lying south of the highway; that the construction of the drain, as planned, will accumulate…