Wood v. Papendick

The Green River Special Drainage District was organized in 1904 in Henry and Bureau counties under the Farm Drainage act, chiefly for the purpose of deepening, straightening and improving two water-courses, known as Green river and Mud creek, in order to obtain a suitable outlet for the water of that district and apparently for the water of a number of adjoining districts.. . The Greet} River Drainage District spent some $450,000 in constructing a system of drainage, and thereafter brought suit in the county court of Henry county-against the Union Special Drainage District, under the act as…