Legal Opinion

Borah Drainage District v. Ankenbrand

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided October 28, 1913PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Writ or Error to the County Court of Wayne county; the Hon. Virgil W. Mills, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Cooke

On March n, ign, a petition was filed in the county court of Wayne county for the organization of the Borah Drainage District. Numerous persons owning lands within the boundaries of the proposed district appeared and interposed objections to the petition, contending that the petitioners were less than a majority of the adult land owners and owned less than a major portion, in area, of the lands 'to be reclaimed or benefited, and that certain signatures to the petition were purchased and others were obtained by fraud; also contending that the proposed district included lands in two distinct…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Fish v. ClelandIllinois Supreme Court · 1864
  2. Tennessee Drainage District v. MoyeIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
  3. Klinger v. People ex rel. ConkleIllinois Supreme Court · 1889

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Borah Drainage District v. AnkenbrandIllinois Supreme Court · 1917
  2. Schrag v. Blaze Fork Drainage DistrictSupreme Court of Kansas · 1925
  3. Borah Drainage District v. AnkenbrandIllinois Supreme Court · 1917
  4. People ex rel. Freshwater v. BonhamIllinois Supreme Court · 1918
  5. Borah Drainage District v. FarrisIllinois Supreme Court · 1919

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