Stingley v. Nichols, Shepard & Co.

A public ditch, known as the Peters and Reed ditch, was established in Fulton county, Indiana, in the year 1880, by the board of commissioners of that county, under and pursuant to the drainage law of 1875. In the year 1888, James K. Stinson, then surveyor of Fulton ■county, undertook to clean out and repair the ditch, as provided for by section 10 of the acts of 1885, p. 141 (Elliott’s Supp., section 1193). For work done on the main ditch he issued certificates in the amount of $3,594.89, and for work on the south arm for.$267.10, upon which sums the county auditor drew his warrant on the…