People ex rel. Miller v. Scott
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;— heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Champaign county; the Hon. Edward P. Vail, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
This is a quo warranto proceeding, begun in the circuit court of Champaign county, to test the legality of a drainage district. The information alleges that the relator, Robert T. Miller, owns eighty acres of land in said county, and in May, 1888, he, with the owners of certain other lands, by mutual consent, organized a drainage district, under section 77 of the Drainage act of 1885, the corporate name of which was “Kaskaskia Drainage District; ” that the commissioners of said district proceeded to and did dig a ditch as provided in said contract, which has been completed and is in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People ex rel. Pollard v. SwigertIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
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