Stokes v. Bay Bottoms Drainage District
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ or Error to the County Court of Pope county; the Hon. W. A. Whiteside, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn
On December 18, 1911, a petition was filed in the county court of Pope county for the organization of a drainage district under the Levee act, comprising lands in the counties of Pope, Massac and Johnson. Nobody appeared to object to the petition and proceedings were conducted in accordance with the statute, which resulted in the entry of an order on June 17, 1912, declaring the district established as provided by law, having the name of “Bay Bottoms Drainage District.” Afterward an assessment roll was made and filed. At the time fixed for the hearing no objections were made to it and it was…
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