Board of County Commissioners v. Delaware River Drainage District

Citations

• 97 Kan. 302
• 155 P. 54
• 1916 Kan. LEXIS 287

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Drainage District — Public Corporation — Ditches Crossing Highway— Expense of Bridges — District Not Liable. A drainage district organized under chapter 215 of the Laws of 1905 is a public corporation created by the legislature to perform public functions. Neither by common law nor by statute is any duty imposed upon the drainage district to build or maintain bridges where its ditches cross a public highway, and therefore the board of county commissioners can not maintain an action against the district to recover the expense of constructing such bridges.</p>