Legal Opinion

Borah Drainage District v. Farris

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 17, 1919No. 12956PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from the County Court of Wayne county; the Hon. Eugene M. Peavier, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson

This case has been before this court on four former occasions, (Borah Drainage District v. Ankenbrand, 260 Ill. 335, 277 id. 132, 279 id. 488, and People v. Bonham, 286 id. 286,) and reference is made to the opinions heretofore filed for a more complete statement of the qa.se.

The question at issue in this eause and now before us pertains to the sufficiency, in law, of a petition presented to the county court of Wayne county by the commissioners of Borah Drainage District under sections 60 and 61 of the Levee act. The petition, after setting out in considerable detail all the history of the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Borah Drainage District v. AnkenbrandIllinois Supreme Court · 1913

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Book v. GrubbIllinois Supreme Court · 1924
  2. People ex rel. Cunningham v. CrewsIllinois Supreme Court · 1922

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