Board of County Commissioners v. Delaware River Drainage District

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.:

In 1905 the Delaware river drainage district was duly organized in Jefferson county under the provisions of chapter 215'Of the Laws of 1905 (Gen. Stat. 1909, § 3000 et seg). Thereafter the corporation proceeded to establish a system for the drainage of lands included in the district, and it became necessary to cut ditches across certain public highways. At three of these places the county board some years later was obliged to erect bridges, and afterward brought this action to recover from the drainage district the cost and expense thereof,…