Roundenbush v. Mitchell

This is a proceeding under the provisions of the act of 1889 for an allotment of the work of keeping a public drain in repair. Acts 1889, p. 53, §§5632-5636 Burns 1894.

The appellee, who was the county surveyor, and, ex officio, a drainage commissioner, in pursuance of §5633, supra, after notice duly given to the persons to be affected, apportioned to each parcel of land benefited by a public drain in Hamilton county, a division thereof, to be cleaned out annually and kept in repair by the owner of each of said tracts. This apportionment was made upon the basis of the benefits alleged to be…