State Ex Rel. Ashby v. Medicine Creek Drainage District
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Livingston Circuit Court. — Hon. Arch B. Davis, Judge.' (1) The statutes nowhere place upon' a drainage district organized under the Circuit Court Drainage District Act of 1913, the obligation to build or enlarge or the burden to pay for bridges over its drainage .ditches where they cross public roads, but on the contrary specifically state that “all drainage districts shall have full authority to construct and maintain any ditch or lateral provided in its ‘plan…
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Appeal from Livingston Circuit Court. — Hon. Arch B. Davis, Judge.' (1) The statutes nowhere place upon' a drainage district organized under the Circuit Court Drainage District Act of 1913, the obligation to build or enlarge or the burden to pay for bridges over its drainage .ditches where they cross public roads, but on the contrary specifically state that “all drainage districts shall have full authority to construct and maintain any ditch or lateral provided in its ‘plan for reclamation,’ across any of the public highways of this State, without proceedings for the condemnation of the same,…
1Opinion of the CourtWilliamson, J.
The State at the relation of the Prosecuting Attorney of Livingston County, brought this proceeding against the Medicine Creek Drainage District and the board of supervisors of said district, for a mandatory injunction requiring the district to build and maintain bridges upon certain named public highways in Livingston County at all points where said highways were, or were about to be, intersected by the drainage ditches of said district. Relator prevailed in the trial court, and the district has duly appealed.
The Medicine Creek Drainage District was organized in 1916, under the Act of 1913…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- State ex rel. McWilliams v. Little River Drainage DistrictSupreme Court of Missouri · 1916
- State ex rel. Caruthers v. Little River Drainage DistrictSupreme Court of Missouri · 1917
- State ex rel. Jones v. Chariton Drainage District No. OneSupreme Court of Missouri · 1913
- State ex inf. Major v. AmickSupreme Court of Missouri · 1912
- Richardson County ex rel. Sheehan v. Drainage District No. 1Nebraska Supreme Court · 1913
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