Hayes Branch Drainage District v. Illinois Central Railroad

This writ of error is prosecuted by the Illinois Central Railroad Company to review an order of the county court of Douglas county establishing a sub-district in the Hayes Branch Drainage District of that county, which sub-district includes a portion of its right of way. The proceeding was commenced by the commissioners of the district, who filed in the county court of Douglas county their special report and a petition for the organization of a sub-district within the boundaries of the original district. The petition set forth that there were lands in a particular locality in said district…