State Ex Rel. Root v. Crandon

This writ of error was taken to a final judgment dismissing an action in mandamus which sought to require payment to the relator bond holder the money of the Biscayne Drainage District now in the bond fund of the district, the defense being that the bonds were issued-under Sections 2785 (1734), et seq., C. G. L., which provide for paying the bonds only with the proceeds of special assessments; and as such special assessments cannot supply sufficient funds to pay all the bonds, the payments should be made ratably upon all the bonds and not to the relator to the exclusion of the bond holders.…