Rogers v. Venis

On the 13th day of August, 1891, the appellee filed in the office of the clerk of the Clinton Circuit Court a petition praying for the establishment and construction of a public ditch therein described. The petition specifically describes the beginning and terminus of the proposed ditch and its courses, describes by congressional descriptions the lands to be affected and *222gives the names of the owners of such lands. It also alleges that it will benefit the lands described and a certain highway also described; that in the opinion of the petitioner such drainage can be accomplished in the…