Rogers v. Voorhees

The only question involved in this appeal is whether or not in case the original assessment of benefits made in a drainage proceeding instituted under the act of April 6th, 1885, proves inadequate to complete the work, it is competent for the court, upon due petition and *470notice, to refer the matter to the commissioners of drainage, or if they be for any reason incompetent to act, to new commissioners for the purpose of reassessing benefits, in order to complete the work, or pay the deficit in case the work has been completed. The act concerning the drainage of wet lands makes two propositions…