People Ex Rel. Olmsted v. Prather

In 1920 drainage district No. 3 of the towns of Grant and Ross, in Vermilion county, was organized under authority of section 76 of the Farm Drainage act. It in-eluded within its boundaries two farms belonging to George Prather. April 5, 1924, a special assessment was spread against the lands of the district. Prather died intestate on October 5, 1924, leaving surviving his widow and three adult children. Appellants, being the widow and two of Prather’s children, refused to pay the assessment against their interest in the lands which they inherited from Prather and the county collector made…