Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Schuler

— This was a proceeding brought by appellee and others in the Wabash Circuit Court for the improvement and repair of a public drain. The original proceedings to establish the ditch sought to be repaired were filed in, and established by, the Wabash Circuit Court. Appellant was one of the parties named in the petition as one whose lands would be affected by the proposed repair.

Immediately after the petition herein was filed, the clerk of the Wabash Circuit Court referred the matter to the county surveyor under an entry reading as follows :

“I hereby refer the foregoing petition to Herman D.…