Lemon v. Garden of Eden Drainage District

A general demurrer was sustained to the petition of plaintiffs, who sought to enjoin the defendant drainage district and its supervisors, and the contractor, from constructing a levee, which, pursuant to the plan of drainage adopted, would bisect plaintiffs' lands, leaving part thereof between such levee and Grand River, and a part on the opposite side of the levee from Grand River.

The petition alleged that the defendant drainage district is a drainage corporation, incorporated by decree of the Circuit Court of Chariton County, under provisions of Article I, Chapter 28, Revised Statutes 1919;…