Saline Branch Drainage District v. Urbana-Champaign Sanitary District

This appeal is prosecuted to reverse a judgment entered in a declaratory action pending in the circuit court of Champaign County. A constitutional question was presented and passed upon by the trial court and is urged on review. Such fact supports jurisdiction by direct appeal.

The Saline Branch Drainage District, hereinafter referred to as the Saline district, was organized in 1906, pursuant to the provisions of the Levee Act, section 1 et seq. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1947, chap. 42, par. 1 et seq.) It embraces approximately 20,000 acres, which includes farm lands adjoining the cities of Champaign…