Freesen v. Scott County Drainage & Levee District
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ OR Error to the County Court of Scott county; the Hon. E. C. Funic, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
The defendant in error, the Scott County Drainage and Levee District, was organized on May 3, 1909, under the Levee act, as a drainage district, in the county court of Scott county. It embraces approximately 9000 acres of bottom lands in that county lying south of Mauvaisterre creek, a tributary of the Illinois river, and between the bluffs bordering the Illinois river valley on the east and the Illinois river on the west. The original plan contemplated the construction of a levee along the east bank of the Illinois river on the west line of the drainage district, and another levee a short…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- McIntyre v. SholtyIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
- Williston v. FisherIllinois Supreme Court · 1862
- Briggs & Frith v. Union Drainage District No. 1Illinois Supreme Court · 1892
- Lovell v. Sny Island Levee Drainage DistrictIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
- Asmossen v. Swift & Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1909
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