Wayne City Drainage District v. Boggs
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the County Court of Wayne county; the Hon. Virgil W. Mills, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Cooke
At its July term, 1913, the county court of Wayne county entered an order finding that the Wayne City Drainage District was .duly established as provided by law. Numerous persons owning land within said district have sued out this writ of error to obtain a reversal of that order.
The petition was filed June 12, 1911, for the establishment of the district under the Levee act, by persons representing themselves to be a majority of the owners of lands .within the proposed district who owned a major portion, in area, of the lands proposed to be benefited. A hearing was had on the petition on July…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Drummer Creek Drainage District v. RothIllinois Supreme Court · 1910
- Aldridge v. Clear Creek Drainage & Levee DistrictIllinois Supreme Court · 1911
- Tennessee Drainage District v. MoyeIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
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- Borah Drainage District v. AnkenbrandIllinois Supreme Court · 1917
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