Snedeker v. Sims Special Drainage District
Appellate Court of Illinois
Application for appointment of drainage commissioner. Appeal from the County Court of Edgar County; the Hon. Walter S. Lamon, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the November term, 1905.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Puterbaugh
delivered the opinion of the court.
This question involved in this appeal is as to the sufficiency of a petition for the appointment of one commissioner in a drainage district organized under the Drainage Act of Hay 29, 1879. A petition addressed to the County Court of Edgar county was signed hy a majority of the landowners, representing a majority of. the acreage in the “Sims Special Drainage District” in Edgar county, and filed with the clerk of said court, June 24, 1905, asking for the appointment of one commissioner instead of three, as provided in section…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Kinsloe v. PogueIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
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