Drummer Creek Drainage District v. Roth

This was a proceeding- in the county court of Ford county for the organization of a drainage district under the so-called Levee act. The petition was directed to the December term, 1907, of said court. The proposed district included most, if not all, of the property in Gibson City and certain farm property lying southerly and westerly from said city. Under section 2 of said act (Hurd’s Stat. 1908, p. 817,) the petition must be signed by a majority of the owners of lands within the proposed district who have arrived at lawful age and who represent one-third in area of the land, or by one-third…