Pleasant Township v. Cook
Indiana Supreme Court
From Laporte Circuit Court; J. G. Richter, Judge. Petition of "William E. Cook and others to establish a ditch. Erom an order striking out the motion of Pleasant civil township to set aside the assessment as to the township, and for leave to file remonstrance, the township appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMonks, J.
This proceeding was commenced October 10, 1900, in the court below, for the construction of a ditch under the drainage law of 1885 and the amendment of 1889. §§5622-5631, 5644-5646 Burns 1894.,
Appellant was made a party to said petition on account of the alleged benefit to “the highway” in said township, but no particular highway -was described. Notice was given of the filing of said petition and of the time when the same *534would be heard. The petition alleged that the proper work to accomplish such drainage would affect the following lands in Porter county, Indiana, to wit: “Also the highway…
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