Lightner v. Board of Supervisors
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Creene District Court. — Hon. F. M. Powers, J UDGE. Appeal from an order of the district court reducing assessments for benefits against certain tracts of land owned by plaintiff within a drainage district established by the board of supervisors of Greene county, Iowa.
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Appeal from Creene District Court. — Hon. F. M. Powers, J UDGE. Appeal from an order of the district court reducing assessments for benefits against certain tracts of land owned by plaintiff within a drainage district established by the board of supervisors of Greene county, Iowa. From the assessment made by the board against eight forty-acre tracts of la*nd owned by plaintiff, he appealed to the district court, and upon the appeal the district court reduced the assessment against five pf the forties and confirmed it as to the other three. The board of supervisors appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
The board of supervisors of Greene county established what was known as drainage district No. 7 which comprised something over 1,600 acres of land, 320 of which belonged to appellee, Lightner. No complaint was made of any of the proceedings until the assessments for benefits came to be made. At that time various persons appeared before the board and filed objections to the proposed assessments, among them being Lightner, the appellee herein, against whose land it was proposed to assess the sum of $3,327.48. Before the board of supervisors, Lightner filed objections, among which were the…
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