Saline Branch Drainage District v. Urbana & Champaign Sanitary District

The instant case involves an appeal from a proceeding under the Illinois Drainage Code (Code) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 42, par. 1 — 2 et seq.). The record reveals that defendant, the Urbana and Champaign Sanitary District (Sanitary District), plaintiff Saline Branch Drainage District (Drainage District) and the intervenors City of Urbana and City of Champaign (cities) entered into an indenture on January 31, 1949. Pursuant to the indenture, the parties recognized the jurisdiction of the Sanitary District over the Boneyard and its existing open tributaries, draining such lands, and over the…