Wilcox v. Marshall County

Plaintiff’s petition, which was filed August 21, 1937, asserts that certain drainage assessments were illegally assessed by the trustees of Iowa River Drainage District No. 1, (established in 1918) against lands then owned by herself, her father and her mother. Her father and mother are both deceased. She is the executrix of each estate and is the sole heir and devisee under the will of each parent. She asserts that the purported drainage district was never legally established because of failure to serve jurisdictional notices upon herself and her mother. She seeks the return of approximately…