Erickschen v. County of Sibley
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Tilomas Fitzpatrick and others petitioned the county board of Sibley county for the construction of a certain ditch. The reports of the engineer and viewers were confirmed by the board. M. S. Corrigan and others, who had filed objections, appealed from the order establishing the ditch to the district court for that county.
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Tilomas Fitzpatrick and others petitioned the county board of Sibley county for the construction of a certain ditch. The reports of the engineer and viewers were confirmed by the board. M. S. Corrigan and others, who had filed objections, appealed from the order establishing the ditch to the district court for that county. The appeal was heard before Tifft, J., who made findings and affirmed the order of the county board so far as it related to the drainage of the so-called Washington lake. From an order denying his motion for a new trial, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Lees, C.
On January 26, 1916, sixteen landowners of Sibley county petitioned the county board to establish and construct a drainage ditch. The petition states that wet lands along the route of the ditch require drainage to make them valuable for agricultural purposes, and that on such lands there are stagnant waters which give off offensive odors and breed disease.
The route of the ditch and its point of beginning and termination are set forth as coinciding with “old County Ditch No. T of said county, *39which has now become nearly extinct.” Appellant and six other landowners filed written…
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