Diederich v. Rose

Mr. Presiding. Justice Brown

delivered the opinion of the court.

The contentions of appellant in this cause are that the Board of Canal Commissioners had legally the power on March 7, 1896, to make the lease it then made to the appellant; that the provision in said lease that if the appellant should be unsuccessful in obtaining a renewal of the same, the party to whom the Commissioners might lease the same should be required to purchase and pay for the buildings and structures owned by said appellant and situated on the land, at an appraised value, was made in view of and with reference to the…