Studabaker v. Board of Commissioners
Indiana Supreme Court
From Wells Circuit Court; J. W. Adair, Special Judge. Proceedings by James B. Gavin and others for the establishment of a public drain. From an order of the board of county commissioners overruling exemptions of Delia M. Studabaker to the report of the engineer she appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Dowling, J.-
— An application for the construction of a . public ditch in Wells county, under the act of March 1, 1891 (Acts 1891, p. 455, §5690 et seq. Burns 1901), was filed with the board of commissioners of that county in *5841892. All necessary steps were taken in the proceedings, and a ditch was excavated on the route proposed.
August 6, 1901, the appellant, whose lands were subject to assessment for the construction of the said ditch, filed •her petition with the board, charging that the improvement was not made in conformity to the plans and specifications adopted, and that it had not…
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