Muddy Creek Drainage Commission v. Epley

Plaintiff’s right to collect, by suit, tbe assessments made against tbe land in Muddy Creek Drainage District, for tbe purpose of settling its outstanding indebtedness, is challenged by tbe demurrer. Plaintiff’s powers and duties are prescribed in chapter 348, Public-Local Laws 1913, as amended by chapter 107, Public-Local Laws 1923. Its additional powers are those tbat arise by necessary implication. Tbe assessment is expressly made a lien on tbe lands within tbe drainage district, according to tbe assessment roll. This assessment is in rem, and not in personam, and tbe land in tbe district…