Legal Opinion

Curl v. Winans

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided May 4, 1921Published

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Edgar county; the Hon. Augustus A. Partlow, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1920.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Eldeedge

J. W. Curl and twelve other landowners in Drainage District No. 3 of the Town of Shiloh, Edgar county, Illinois, filed their petition in the circuit court of Edgar county for a writ of mandamus directed to the commissioners of said drainage district commanding them to levy an assessment sufficient to properly clean out the lower ditches of said district and to lay tile in the open ditch above the outlet of Burnham Special Drainage District. The petition was amended and appellees filed a demurrer thereto which was sustained, and appellants having abided by their petition, a final judgment was…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Peterson v. OmenIllinois Supreme Court · 1919
  2. People ex rel. Moody v. HenryIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
  3. Adolph v. Commissioners of Drainage District No. 2Illinois Supreme Court · 1916

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