Mahan v. Wilson

McCulloch, C- J.

Grassy Lake & Tyronza Drainage District No. 9 of Mississippi County, created by an order of the county court in May, 1911, pursuant to the general statutes (Crawford & Moses’ Digest, § 3607 et seq.), providing for what is commonly termed the “alternative system of drainage districts,” covers territory in Mississippi County about forty miles long, of an average width of about seven miles, and it reaches from the northeast corner of the county to within a few miles of the southwest corner. The principal ditches of the district begin at the foot of Clear Creek, a few miles…