Roberts v. State ex rel. Jones

Black, C.

The appellee sued the appellants to enforce a lien on certain land in Madison county for the amount of a ditch assessment made under the act of April 8th, 1881, section 4273, et seq.

The defendants demurred to the complaint for want of suf- ■ ficient facts, and the demurrer was overruled. A demurrer to the joint answer of the defendants having been sustained they refused to answer further, and the court thereupon found and rendered judgment in favor of the plaintiff.

The complaint, which was filed on the 24th of May, 1883, alleged, among other' things, that on the 15th of May, 1882,…