Briggs & Frith v. Union Drainage District No. 1

This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of Iroquois county, confirming an assessment of the drainage commissioners of Union Drainage District No. 1, of Mantón and Iroquois townships, in Iroquois county. The district was organized under the act of May 29, 1879, and the lands in the district had been assessed, and $4193.50 collected and expended on the improvement, except the sum of $150. The petition in this case was filed in the county court by the commissioners for the purpose of raising an additional sum of $1500, for “extending, continuing, deepening, straightening and…