Patterson v. Mead
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Calhoun; Chester, J., presiding. Certiorari by John C. Patterson and others to review the action of Charles B. Mead, county drain commissioner, and William A. Lane, judge of probate, in locating and establishing a drain. There was an order dismissing the writ, and relators bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
The county drain commissioner of Calhoun county attempted, in a single proceeding, to extend, deepen, widen, and straighten three existing» independent township drains, known, respectively, as the Ball & Patterson, the Hopkins & Chase, and the Wilder creek. Each of these drains had existed for a period of 15 years and more. They connect, one with the other, and the necessity for deepening, widening, straightening, and extending the drainage channel, or canal, made by the three, and the necessity for taking private property for that purpose, and the compensation to be made therefor,' have been…
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