Board of Commissioners v. Northwestern Mutual Life Ins.

The board of county commissioners of Hamilton county, which under the statute constitutes the drainage board of that county, brought this suit to foreclose a lien arising under a special asesssment levied against a quarter section of land within the “Liebhart-Vetters Drainage District.” The holders of mortgage and judgment liens upon the land, as well as the holders of the fee, were made defendants. From a decree establishing plaintiff’s lien as superior to all other liens and equities, defendants have appealed.

In plaintiff’s petition it is alleged that the district was organized under the…