Opinion

Harrison & Mercer County Drainage District v. Trail Creek Township

  • 317 Mo. 933
  • 297 S.W. 1
  • 1927 Mo. LEXIS 683
Court
Supreme Court of Missouri
Filed
Jul 30, 1927
Status
Published
On the bench
Ellison, Lindsay, Seddon
Cited by
21 cases

the legislature “created a positive right, in favor of the drainage district, to the assessment of accruing benefits against the public roads and highways located within the boundaries of the drainage district”

How later courts described this case

  • the legislature “created a positive right, in favor of the drainage district, to the assessment of accruing benefits against the public roads and highways located within the boundaries of the drainage district”

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

The foregoing opinion by SEDDON, C., is adopted as the opinion of the court. All of the judges concur, except Gantt, J., not sitting.

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