Skillet Fork River Outlet Union Drainage District v. Fogle

The plaintiffs, Skillet Fork River Outlet Union Drainage District and Reconstruction Finance Corporation, filed their complaint in the circuit court of Wayne county to foreclose the lien of an assessment levied for the construction of a drainage system. The unusual state of the record requires a chronological review of the pleadings, remarks of the court from time to time, and such orders as were actually entered.

By the complaint filed April 27, 1940, plaintiffs recited the organization of the drainage district, the listing and assessment for benefits of, and damages to, land owned by the…