Sanner v. Union Drainage District
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Shelby county; the Hon. James A. Creighton, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Phillips
On October 19,1893, a petition was filed with the town clerk of Penn township, Shelby county, Illinois, addressed to the drainage commissioners of the town of Penn, in Shelby county, and of the town of Milan, in Macon county, State of Illinois, reciting that about 320 acres of land in Macon county and about 1310 acres in Shelby county had theretofore been connected by ditches, which formed a continuous line of branches draining through the same outlet, constructed by the voluntary action of the owners, and setting forth the petitioners and land owners in the proposed district, and that…
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