Obe v. Board of Supervisors
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Hamilton District Comt. — Hon. R. M. "Weight, Judge. This was an appeal by the plaintiff to the district court from an assessment of benefits by the board of supervisors in a drainage proceeding. Upon a trial had in the district court the assessment was confirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
— The district in question comprises about 2,200 acres of farm land. It comprises lands in sections 2, 3, and 4 in one township and in sections 32, 33, and 34 of the adjoining township on the north. The plaintiff is the owner of four 40-acre tracts within the district. Two of these are in section 34 and two in section 4. Assessment was made against him for benefit to 117 acres. The principal assessment was made against the N¥ % of the NE % of section 4 and was for $511. This assessment furnishes the principal point of attack as being excessive. The drainage improvement was a covered tile…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Pabbeldt v. Hamilton CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1909
3Cited by3 opinions
- Cordes v. Board of SupervisorsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1924
- Thielen v. Board of SupervisorsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1917
- Fulton v. ShermanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1931