Wilton v. County St. Johns

On Rehearing

Brown, J.

Sections 1734 et seq., Rev. Gen. Stats., now appearing as Sections 2785 et seq., Comp. Gen. Laws, provide a method by which the county commissioners may establish and order the construction of a public drainage ditch or canal in any of the counties of the State, whenever it shall be deemed necessary or expedient for sanitary or agricultural purposes or conducive to the public health, convenience or welfare or public utility or for the benefit of any lands that are low, wet, submerged or liable to become submerged, upon the filing of a proper petition as required by the…