Board of Supervisors v. Paine

Prior to 1917, a drainage district had been established in Webster County, consisting, in part, of an open ditch near the boundary between that and Hamilton County, In that year, the boards of supervisors of the two counties, acting as a joint board, established a j0jnt drainage district. The improvement, as so contemplated and constructed, consisted of the deepening of a portion of the open ditch in Webster County, that had been constructed by the original district in that county, and its use as an outlet, and the construction of tiled ditches in Hamilton County, connecting with such outlet.…