Owners of Lands v. People ex rel. Stookey

This was an application for a judgment for the amount of a special assessment to construct a drain. The drainage district was organized under the act entitled “An act to provide for the construction, maintenance and repair of drains and ditches, by special assessments on the property benefited thereby, ” approved May 29, 1879. The judgment below is sought to be reversed upon objections, alone, to the constitutionality of that act. In passing upon these objections, it will be most convenient to follow the order in which they are presented and discussed in the printed- arguments before us.

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