Chicago & North Western Railway Co. v. Payne Creek Drainage District

This is a suit for an injunction, challenging the jurisdiction of the Payne Creek Drainage District to levy units of benefit against the property of the Chicago and North Western Railway Company, or to let a contract, or to proceed with the proposed drainage improvement, for the reason that there are jurisdictional defects in the procedure for the organization of the drainage district. The defendant district demurred to the plaintiff’s petition filed March 4, 1946. The trial court sustained the demurrer, denied a temporary injunction, and dismissed the plaintiff’s petition. Plaintiff…