Commissioners of Sangamon v. Houston
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Champaign county; the Hon. Roy C. Freeman, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cooke
Sangamon and Drummer Drainage District is a drainage district organized in the county court of Champaign county under the Levee act and embraces lands in Champaign and Ford counties. The chief purpose in organizing the district seems to have been to reclaim lands subject to overflow from Drummer creek by straightening, widening and deepening that creek. The dredging of Drummer creek extended south from the city of Gibson, in Ford county, to the outlet of Drummer creek into the Sangamon river, in Champaign county, and the drainage district as originally formed apparently included only lands…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People ex rel. Wilcox v. BarberIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
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- Inlet Swamp Drainage District v. MehlhausenIllinois Supreme Court · 1920
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