City of Martinsville v. Washington Township
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Morgan Circuit Court; Joseph W. Williams, Judge. Action by Washington Township of Morgan County against the City of Martinsville. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtComstock, C. J.
Appellee brought this action against appellant to recover a certain sum of money which it is alleged the trustee of Washington township was required to expend in cleaning out the portion of a public ditch which had been allotted to said city for cleaning, as provided by law, and which portion said city refused to clean.
The complaint, in substance, alleges that under the general drainage acts of 1907 (Acts-1907 p. 508 and p. 600, §§6140-6161 Burns 1908), and especially the sections thereof providing for cleaning and repairing drains upon the request of the township trustee, the county surveyor…
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