Davis v. Board of Commr. of Lincoln County
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District 'Court, Lancoln County; ■Chas. B. Wilson, Jr., Ju3ge. Action by George Davis and others against the Board of County Commissioners of Lincoln county and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs bring error. Plaintiffs in error were plaintiffs in the court below, and defendants in error, defendants.
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Error from District 'Court, Lancoln County; ■Chas. B. Wilson, Jr., Ju3ge. Action by George Davis and others against the Board of County Commissioners of Lincoln county and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs bring error. Plaintiffs in error were plaintiffs in the court below, and defendants in error, defendants. Plaintiff’s allege in their petition that each of them is the owner of land in Deep Pork drainage district No. 1, in Lincoln county; and that the land of each of them has been assessed to pay for the construction and maintenance of a drainage ditch in Deep Pork Yalley;…
1Opinion of the CourtHates, C. J.
(after stating the facts as above). The statutes controlling the questions this proceeding presents are to be found in chapter 32, Comp. Laws 1909. The board of county commissioners are invested with power at any regular meeting, when the same shall be conducive to public health, or where it will be a public utility or benefit to agricultural interests or to the soil of the lands affected, to cause to be constructed, straightened, or widened any underground or tile ditch or drain, or natural stream of water within the county. Said commissioners are invested with exclusive jurisdiction to hear…
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