Legal Opinion

Evans v. Lewis

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 27, 1887PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Champaign county; the Hon. C. B. Smith, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig

This was a hill in equity, brought by the appellants, to-enjoin the collection of a special assessment levied by the commissioners of Big Slough Special Drainage District, in Champaign county. In the amended bill it is alleged, that on or about the 8th day of June, 1880, under an order of the county court of Champaign county, pursuant to law then in force, a drainage district ivas organized, under the corporate name of “Big Slough Special Drainage District, ” which district embraced certain lands situated in the towns of Ludlow, Bantoul, East Bend and Condit, and its boundary lines then…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Keigwin v. Drainage CommissionersIllinois Supreme Court · 1885
  2. Alderman v. School DirectorsIllinois Supreme Court · 1878

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Lackey v. Pulaski Drainage DistrictIllinois Supreme Court · 1954
  2. People Ex Rel. Fisher v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1945
  3. Telfer v. School District No. 31Idaho Supreme Court · 1931
  4. Ogle v. City of BellevilleAppellate Court of Illinois · 1908
  5. Calkins v. SpeakerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1888

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