Wise v. Board of Supervisors

Drainage District .No. 2, Webster County, was established in 1904 and was cleaned out in 1920. In 1945 some owners of farm lands .in the district petitioned the Board of Supervisors to repair the ditch. The engineer appointed by the Board to make, a. preliminary survey reported the ditch ‘ and drains were silted and were obstructed by trees and shrubbery. *872He recommended the ditch be cleaned out and repaired to restore it to its original efficiency. Later, other landowners, including a majority of the intervenors, objected to the proposed cleanout and repair. They asserted the cost at that…