Weaver v. Templin
Indiana Supreme Court
From the Howard Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtElliott, J.
Templin, as township trustee, and assuming to act under the authority of section seven of the act of 1883 relating to drainage, did work upon a public ditch and levied an assessment upon lands benefited by the work. From *299an assessment laid upon his land, Weaver unsuccessfully prosecuted an appeal to the circuit court.
The constitutionality of section seven of the act referred to is challenged, but, in our opinion, unsuccessfully. So far as the provisions of that section vest a discretionary authority in township trustees to determine when repairs are necessary, they are unquestionably valid.…
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