Metty v. Marsh

Under the provisions of sections 4285 and 4286, R. S. 1881, the appellee filed a petition with the board of commissioners of Wells county at its September term, 1886, praying the location and construction of a public ditch. The proposed ditch is described in the petition as follows: “ Commencing at a point about the center of the east half of the southeast quarter of section seventeen (17), in township twenty-five (25) north, range twelve (12) east, thence in a northeasterly direction to a point about twenty (20) rods west of the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of said southeast…