People ex rel. Wallace v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad

This writ is prosecuted to review a judgment of the county court of Saline county sustaining an objection of defendants in error to an assessment levied by the Rector Special Drainage District, a district in the counties of Saline and Hamilton organized undér the Farm Drainage act. The assessment in question was a special -assessment based upon the annual levy made for the purpose of taking care of the current expenses and for the purpose of building two bridges across the public highways. No part of the assessment in question was levied to pay for the original construction of the drainage…