Legal Opinion
Commissioners of McGee Creek Levee v. Dennis
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided May 5, 1965No. Gen. No. 10,613PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
This is an appeal by certain objectors from an order of the county now circuit court of Pike County confirming an annual maintenance assessment roll after jury trial. Originally appealed to the Supreme Court, it was transferred to us for decision.
The controversy had its inception in a verified petition filed by the commissioners to increase the annual maintenance assessment from $19,394.63 to $37,979.90. The petition alleges that the smaller figure was established in July 1950; that costs have increased so that it is now insufficient to defray the costs of proper drainage; that a study shows…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Lohr v. Barkmann Cartage Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1929
- Commissioners of Drainage District No. 1 v. GoembelIllinois Supreme Court · 1943
- Union Drainage District No. 5 v. HamiltonIllinois Supreme Court · 1945
- Nutwood Drainage & Levee District v. MamerIllinois Supreme Court · 1956
- Kickapoo Drainage District v. City of MattoonIllinois Supreme Court · 1918
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Saline Branch Drainage District v. Urbana & Champaign Sanitary DistrictAppellate Court of Illinois · 1988
- Upper Salt Fork Drainage District v. DiNovoAppellate Court of Illinois · 2008
- Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. Sny Island Levee Drainage DistrictDistrict Court, C.D. Illinois · 2015
- In RE PETITION OF COM'RS v. DennisAppellate Court of Illinois · 1965
- In re Hunt-Lima Drainage and Levee DistrictAppellate Court of Illinois · 2022
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