Ross v. Board of Supervisors
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Wright District Court.— Hon. W. D. Evans, Judge. Certiorari proceedings to prevent the assessment and collection of the cost of constructing a ditch pursuant to the provisions of chapter 2, title 10, .of the Code, and acts sup-1 plementary thereto. The district court found for the defendants, dismissed the petition, and plaintiff appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
Proceedings to procure the location and construction of the ditch were instituted by petition as required by the terms of the statute about March 13, 1903, and a bond to secure payment of costs and expenses was filed and approved. Thereupon the auditor placed a copy of the petition in the hands of an engineer, who made survey of the proposed improvement, and on August 16, 1903, reported the same" to the board of supervisors, with his estimate of the costs of construction. Beginning on March 9, 1903, notice of the proposed improvement was served personally or by publication upon the owners of…
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