(70 ILCS 605/11-9) (from Ch. 42, par. 11-9)
Sec. 11-9.
Counterclaims-Annual benefits.
In any such proceeding, the defendant may, by counterclaim, set off or
recoup any benefits which the defendant may have conferred upon the lands
or other property in the plaintiff district or municipal corporation. If
the plaintiff district has levied an annual maintenance assessment or if
the plaintiff municipal corporation levies an annual tax for the purpose of
repairing, maintaining or operating the drainage or levee work conferring
such benefits, then, in such proceeding, the plaintiff may inquire into and
determine the amount of the annual benefits which the defendant will
receive from the repair, maintenance or operation of such work and the
defendant may likewise set off or recoup the amount of annual benefits
which the plaintiff will receive from the repair, maintenance or operation
of drainage or levee work of the defendant.
(Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)
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