Legal Opinion

Lower Salt Creek Drainage District v. Beaver

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided October 11, 1940No. 25629. Decree affirmedPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Jones

Thife is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Logan county foreclosing the lien of an assessment levied for the construction of a drainage system in Lower Salt Creek Drainage District. Appellants claim that after the assessment was confirmed the contractor failed to complete the work; that, on that account, their lands were not benefited; that the foreclosure proceeding was the first opportunity they had to question' the benefits, and that the chancellor erred in refusing to permit them to make such proofs.

The facts are stipulated. Appellee was legally organized in 1921 under the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Hammond v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
  2. People ex rel. Abt v. SoucyIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
  3. People ex rel. Fish v. BradshawIllinois Supreme Court · 1922

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People Ex Rel. Wheeler v. HarveyIllinois Supreme Court · 1947

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