Boston v. Kickapoo Drainage District

Kickapoo Drainage District was organized under the Levee act by an order of the county court of McLean county on October 1, 1908. On October 1, 1909, a petition was filed praying that the whole system of proposed work might be abandoned and the district abolished. This writ of error is prosecuted to reverse the order of the county court denying the petition.

Section 44 of the Levee act provides that .at any time before the contract for the construction of the prgposed work shall have been made, upon presentation to the county court of a petition signed by not less than two-thirds in number of…