Thompson v. Joint Drainage District No. 3-11

This is an action to cancel levy of assessments for work done on a portion of a drainage district and to enjoin the collection thereof. From judgment in favor of the plaintiffs enjoining the collection of the levy and assessments, defendants appeal.

The Winnebago-Kossuth Joint Drainage District No. 3-11 is located partly in each of the two named counties and services many thousands of acres of land. The district, organized in about 1905, presently includes 11 named and numbered laterals and numerous numbered drainage districts all extending from the main ditch which services the entire…