Kickapoo Drainage District v. Jackson

The Kickapoo Drainage District, defendant in error, was organized under the Levee act in 1908. The original assessment roll was filed by the commissioners and confirmed at the August term, 1909, of the county court. In 1910 the commissioners filed a complaint in the county court, stating that the lands therein described (among them being the lands of plaintiffs in error) lie outside the district and are or will be benefited by the work of the district, and that the owners were deemed by law to have made voluntary application to have their lands annexed to the district. At the April term,…