Rockey v. Hershman

This was a proceeding to tile and cover a portion of an open public drain, known as the John M. Endicott drain, as provided by §19 of an act of the General Assembly in force April 10, 1907, as amended in 1913, Acts 1913 p. 152, §6174 Burns 1914.

On August 10, 1917, Roy Hershman, S. A. Hershman, Edward Harrell, W. H. Ross, and L. W. Pearson, owners of tracts of land affected and assessed for the construction of the Endicott drain, filed their petition in the Hamilton Circuit Court, and the court in which the original petition was filed and the proceedings had for the construction of the…