Coffman v. Hall

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

On November 25, 1919, J. H. Coffman, proceeding under sections 3874-3889 of the General Statutes of 1915, filed his petition with the board of county commissioners of Saline county, asking that the board establish and maintain drainage ditches on the southeast quarter of section 7 in Elm Creek township, in that county. Afterward to that petition the respondents filed their protest and plea, to which Coffman filed a demurrer, which was sustained by the board of county commissioners. From the order sustaining the demurrer the respondents…