Kankakee Drainage District v. Commissioners of Lake Fork Special Drainage District

This was an action brought under the 42d section of the drainage act of 1885 by appellee against appellant in the Piatt Circuit Court. The appellant district was organized under the drainage laws of May 16, 1879, in the Champaign County Court and the appellee district in the Piatt County Court, under the drainage, law approved May 29, 1879, and the several amendments thereto. The Kankakee district was the upper, and the Lake Fork the lower district; i. e., as the ditches of the two districts were finally constructed, the water from the Kankakee district flowed into and through the ditches of…