State ex rel. Kolars v. County Board
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Upon the relation of Frank W. Kolars and another the district court for Polk county granted its writ of certiorari directed to the County Board of Polk County to review the action of that board in the matter of constructing County Ditch No. 88 and repair thereof. From an order, Watts, J., affirming the order of the county board, relators appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtQuinn, J.
In 1902 a petition in due form was filed asking for the establishment of a public drainage system in Polk county. The ditch was constructed and accepted in the year 1903 as County Ditch No. 38. It consisted of a line of open work about 10 miles in length, with a cut from 6 to 8 feet wide at the bottom and from 1.5 to 5.4 feet deep. It bordered upon a public highway its entire length and the spoil banks were used for road grading.
In 1920 a petition asking for the deepening, widening and repair of this ditch, signed by Carl Johnson and 10 other parties whose lands had been assessed for the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. McGuireSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
3Cited by11 opinions
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- Fischer v. MachtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1962
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