Aldridge v. Matthews

A petition by Thomas R. Aldridge and seventeen others, ten of whom are appellants, praying for the organization of a drainage district under the act commonly known as the Revee act; was filed in the circuit court of Union county. The appellees appeared and filed objections. The court sustained several of the objections and dismissed the petition at the costs of the petitioners, from which judgment this appeal was prosecuted.

The first objection was that the circuit court had no jurisdiction to organize a drainage district under the Revee act, and, although this objection was not sustained by…