Mack v. Polecat Drainage District
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ or Error to the County Court of Coles county; the Hon. T. N. CoEEr, Judge, presiding. On January 8, 1903, a petition was filed in the county court of Coles county for the organization of the Polecat drainage district. The petition was set for hearing February 5, 1903, and the notices were given as required by law.
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Writ or Error to the County Court of Coles county; the Hon. T. N. CoEEr, Judge, presiding. On January 8, 1903, a petition was filed in the county court of Coles county for the organization of the Polecat drainage district. The petition was set for hearing February 5, 1903, and the notices were given as required by law. On the date of the hearing five of the signers of the petition filed their written statement withdrawing their signatures from the petition, retracting the prayer thereof and certifying that they were no longer willing to have their names appear thereon. The court refused to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
The first error assigned is the refusal of the court to permit the five petitioners to withdraw their names. This district was organized under the act of May 29, 1879, as found in chapter 42 of Hurd’s Statutes of 1897. Upon the filing of the petition the clerk of the county court is required, under section 3, to give notice to the parties interested as to when and in what court the petition was filed, the starting point, route, termini and general description of the proposed work, the boundaries and name of the proposed district, and at what term of court the petition will be heard. Section 5…
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