State Ex Rel. Miami Conservancy District v. Baden

The Miami Conservancy District is a corporation under the laws of Ohio and, while it is given many powers not common with other corporations, the act creating conservancy districts was held to be constitutional in the case of County of Miami v. City of Dayton, 92 Ohio St., 215, 110 N. E., 726.

It will be borne in mind at the outset that this action is against political entities and not against individuals. It is argued that if the Conservancy District had the right to proceed against the political subdivisions by mandamus, it would have the same right to proceed against the individual in the…