Interstate Drainage & Investment Co. v. Board of Com'rs
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota. In the state of Minnesota there are large quantities of swamp lands which, left to natural law, would be quite useless to man and highly deleterious to the health of those living contiguous to the marshy region. When drained these lands become valuable for' agricultural purposes.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota. In the state of Minnesota there are large quantities of swamp lands which, left to natural law, would be quite useless to man and highly deleterious to the health of those living contiguous to the marshy region. When drained these lands become valuable for' agricultural purposes. To the end of destroying the unwholesomeness of such marshes and reclaiming them from' waste, the Legislature devised a scheme for the construction of draining ditches by the respective counties, to be paid for by assessments on the…
1Opinion of the CourtPhilips, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). For the first time in the history of the transactions in question, in the final answer of the defendant county was the contention put forth that the contracts in question are void by reason of the fact that they were not made and the work completed prior to October 31, 1904, the time stated in the first report made by the engineer to the board of county commissioners. And the ruling of the Circuit Court affirmed this contention. If this proposition be correct, its judgment must be affirmed. If, however, it be untenable, the judgment should be reversed.
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- State ex rel. Utick v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
- Kipp v. DawsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
- McMillan v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1904
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- United States v. HansonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1909
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- Browne v. StronachDistrict Court, D. Montana · 1925
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