People ex rel. Fish v. Bradshaw

Union Drainage District No. 1 of the towns of Lanes-ville and Illiopolis, in Sangamon county, was organized in 1880 under the original Farm Drainage act of 1879. An open main ditch and laterals were constructed and nothing further seems to have been done until 1919, when a movement was inaugurated to revive the district and reconstruct and enlarge the drainage system. No classification of the lands of the district had been made, and in order to acquire the authority to levy an assessment upon the lands included within the district the commissioners proceeded to classify the lands in…