Ohio Supreme Court December 15, 1877 (Keys v. Williamson)

McIlvaine, J.

The third section of the act of April 18, 1874 (71 Ohio L. 125), provides “ that before the township trustees of any such township shall take any action toward locating or establishing any ditch, drain, or watercourse, there shall be filed with the township clerk a petition from one or more persons owning lands adjacent to the line of any such proposed ditch, drain, or watercourse,