Commissioners of Sny Island Levee Drainage District v. Shaw
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ or Error to the County Court of Pike county; the Hon. Paul F. Grote, Judge, presiding. This was a petition filed by the commissioners of Sny Island Levee Drainage District, under the provisions of section 37 of the Levee act, to levy an assessment of $250,-000 to provide funds with which to straighten and deepen the main channel of said drainage district.
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Writ or Error to the County Court of Pike county; the Hon. Paul F. Grote, Judge, presiding. This was a petition filed by the commissioners of Sny Island Levee Drainage District, under the provisions of section 37 of the Levee act, to levy an assessment of $250,-000 to provide funds with which to straighten and deepen the main channel of said drainage district. A large number of the land owners of the district appeared and filed objections to the assessment and its confirmation. The petition was amended and the proposed assessment was reduced in amount. The objections were overruled and an…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
First—Section g of the Levee act (Hurd’s Stat. igog, chap. 42, p. Bgg,) requires the commissioners, immediately after their appointment, to examine all the lands proposed to be drained or protected, and in case the prayer of the petition is for the purpose of repairing and maintaining a levee or levees, ditch or ditches, theretofore constructed under any law of this State, to report to the court what lands will be benefited thereby and the probable aggregate amount of such benefits. The commissioners, in accordance with the mandate of the statute, reported the probable aggregate amount of…
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