Loomis v. Board of Supervisors
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Wright District Court. — H. E. Fry, Judge. In the district court, this was an appeal from certain drainage assessments made by the board of supervisors. Five appeals were consolidated and tried together, and are involved herein. Upon trial in the district court, partial relief was granted to the complainants. The board of supervisors, on behalf of the district, appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
I. The questions presented herein involve the relative rights and obligations of three contiguous drain*723age districts in Wright County. They are known in the record as Nos. 84, 85, and 90. These districts were all within the sáme watershed, and have the same outlet into the Iowa Biver. The general course of the waterflow is southeasterly. Nos. 84 and 85 were established simultaneously, on May 6, 1933. No. 85 lies south of No. 84. No. 90 lies southeast of No. 84 and east and south of No. 85. No. 84 comprises 1,396 acres; No. 85 comprises 564 acres; and No. 90 comprises 1,018 acres. The lands in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Christenson v. Board of SupervisorsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1917
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