Crosby v. DeLand Special Drainage District

The commissioners of DeLand Special Drainage District in the county of Piatt in this State made a levy against the lands of the district for improvements of the open drains. The commissioners filed a special assessment roll and assessed the lands which it was alleged would receive benefits from the improvement. The owners of seven separate tracts of land so assessed appealed from the assessment to the county court, claiming that the assessments so made exceeded the benefits which would accrue to then-separate lands from the construction of the improvement.

The appeals were consolidated for…