Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1912 — DITCH WILL BE ESTABLISHED [ARTICLE]

DITCH WILL BE ESTABLISHED

Is General Opinion of Those Who Have Attended Hearing CASE COMPLETED YESTERDAY And Special Judge Hanan Will Rep turn Here August 8 and Render Final Decision and Special Finding of Facts. The hearing of the remonstrances in the Borntrager ditch which has been up before Special Judge Hanan of Lagrange in the Jasper circuit court for the last six weeks, was completed yesterday and Judge Hanan will return about August S and 'render his final decision in. the matter together with a special finding of facts.

Those who have followed the hearing through its course are convinced that the finding will be in favor of the ditch, in fact the Judge has so indicated, it is said. Whether it will be appealed or not remains to be seen, but the opinion has been expressed that it will not be for the reason that the remonstrators have nothing to appeal on, all contested points having been settled so clearly by Judge Hanan that there is nothing on which to- base

an appeal. In this fight every legal proposition that was possible to raise was brought up and the court’s rulings have been based on such legal authorities and fairness that there are no sore spots left. Judge Hanan is said to be one of the most able ditch lawyers in Indiana, and the way he has handled this case proves that he is most famaliar with the statutes and higher court decisions in ditch tnatters. He has himself taken notes of all the evidence introduced and with these notes before him he will prepare his finding. -■ , Many of the 1 assessments will be changed, no doubt, some reduced, others raised, but that the general finding will be in favor of the improvement is the general belief.