Western Clay Drainage District v. Wynn

On August 24, 1927, this suit was begun by the Western Clay Drainage District (which was created by special act No. 368 of the Acts of 1907 — Acts 1907, page 890) to foreclose the lien for delinquent drainage assessments upon numerous tracts of land in the district, which were described in the complaint. The suit was one in rem, as the act creating the district authorized, and appellees intervened and alleged that they were the owners of certain lands therein described, against which the lien for the 1918 drainage taxes was asserted. The pleading was in the nature of a demurrer, and was so…