Clear Creek Drainage & Levee District v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway

This is an appeal from the judgment of the county court of Union county confirming an assessment for benefits against the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company for $11,807.69 and an annual benefit of $i 18.08, and against the Illinois Central Railroad Company for $8224.80 and $82.24 annual benefits, in a proceeding brought in that court by the Clear Creek Drainage and Levee District under the so-called Levee act. (Hurd’s Stat. 1913, p. 920.)

This district is situated partly in Union county and partly in Alexander county. It is approximately nine miles in length north and south…