Amoss v. Lassell

This was an action by certain landowners to enjoin the county surveyor from proceeding to clean out and repair a public drain. It appears from the complaint that the drain had been established and completed under proceedings instituted in the Wabash Circuit Court. Within sixty days after the work had been completed and accepted a land-owner, whose lands were affected, served written notice on the county surveyor, requiring him to proceed and repair the ditch-by cleaning it out to its full dimensions as requii-ed by the original specifications.

The plaintiffs allege that the ditch is in good…