Commissioners of Union Drainage District v. Commissioners of Highways
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of DeKalb County; the Hon. Charles A. Bishop, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dibell
Union Drainage District Ho. 3, of the town of Virgil, Kane county, and of the town of Cortland, DeKalb county, embraces less than one-half the territory of the town of Virgil, and less than one-fourth of the territory of the town of Cortland. The commissioners of said drainage district dug a ditch across the highway on the town and county line between said towns, and determined that a bridge across said ditch on said highway was necessary, and served notice upon the commissioners of highways of said respective towns to build such bridge. The highway commissioners did not comply; More than…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Commissioners of Highways v. Commissioners of East Lake Fork Special Drainage DistrictIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
- Davidson v. BondIllinois Supreme Court · 1850
- Thayer, Aldrich & Co. v. FinleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1864
- Commissioners of Highways v. Commissioners of HighwaysIllinois Supreme Court · 1881
- People ex rel. Corey v. Comrs. of HighwaysIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
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- Mester Coal Co. v. PopeAppellate Court of Illinois · 1910