Combs v. Etter

This was an action to recover the amount assessed against lands of the appellant to construct a ditch, under the act of March 11th. 1867, Acts Regular Session, p. 186. 3 Ind. Stat. 228.

The complaint states, that in June, 1869, the plaintiff filed his petition to the board of commissioners of the county, stating, among other things, his desire to drain and reclaim certain lands owned by him in the county of Johnson, etc., which are described, by constructing a certain ditch, a description of which is given, to be four feet in width at the top, two feet wide at the bottom, and with a fall of…