Soldier Creek Drainage & Sanitary District v. Illinois Central Railroad

This was a proceeding in the county court of Kankakee county for the organization of Soldier Creek Drainage and Sanitary District under the Levee act. The petition for the organization of the proposed district was circulated prior to April 7, 1923, and was signed by 307 persons who purported to be one-third of the adult owners of land within the proposed district and who represented a major portion, in area, of the lands sought to be benefited. The petition described the boundaries of the proposed district, the watershed, proposed starting point, route and termini, contained a description of…