Tucker Lake Reclamation District v. Winfrey

Appellant is an improvement district formed under the general statutes of the State under the orders and judgment of the county court of Jefferson County. After the- assessment of the benefits accruing to the lands of the district was made, appellees, who are owners of land lying within the-district, filed a protest against their .assessments. The county court heard the protests and overruled them, and entered an order confirming the assessments, and from this order, appellees appealed to the circuit court.

The hearing in the circuit court was de novo,- as required by the statute, and at the…