Dearinger v. Ridgeway

This was a proceeding under an act entitled, “An act to enable the owners of wet lands to drain and reclaim them, where the same cannot be done without affecting the lands of others, prescribing the powers and duties of county boards and county auditors in the premises, and repealing all laws inconsistent therewith.” Approved, March 11th, 1867. See Acts of 1867, p. 186.

The appellant filed a petition with the board of commissioners of Howard county, alleging that he was the owner of wet lands, and desired to have a ditch dug; that the said ditch would affect the lands of the appellee, and that…