Commissioners of Highways v. Drainage Commissioners of District No. 2

Per Curiam :

This was a petition filed by the appellee in the circuit court of Whiteside county to coerce the appellant to build a bridge across one of the drainage ditches of Drainage District No. 2 of Tampico and Hahnaman townships at a point where its ditch crosses one of the highways of the township of Tampico, and, if necessary, to levy a tax to provide a fund for that purpose. An answer and certain pleas were filed, which averred that the drainage ditch sought to be bridged was a natural watercourse which crossed said highway and which had been enlarged by the drainage district, and it…