Lewis v. Drainage Commissioners of Drainage District No. 1

Mr. Presiding Justice Puterbaugh

delivered the opinion of the court.

The issues involved in this action in assumpsit were tried by the court without a jury. From a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs for $4,245.10 this appeal is prosecuted by the defendants.

The declaration consists of the common counts, in which it is averred that the defendants were indebted to the plaintiffs in the sum of $5,000 for digging, repairing and cleaning out the branch known as the G-ilkey branch in the system of drainage of said drainage district, and for work, services and material furnished in so doing, and a…