Dewell v. Commissioners of Sny Island Levee Drainage District

This is a proceeding by certiorari to review and quash the proceedings of the county court of Pike county under a petition, under section 59 of the Levee act, to establish a sub-drainage district. The petition for the establishment of the sub-district was referred to the drainage commissioners of the Sny Island Levee Drainage District, who caused a survey, profiles, plats and specifications of the proposed work to be made, and filed the same in the county court with their report that the proposed drains and ditches, as shown by their survey, profiles and plats, would drain 9637 acres, that…