State Ex Rel. Harmony Drainage District v. Hackmann

Upon re-assigpment of this case, on December 3,1924, it fell to the lot of the writer to prepare the opinion. It is an original proceeding” in mandamus, in which it is sought to compel respondent, as State Auditor, to register one of an issue of bonds of relator, a drainage district organized under the provisions of Article IV, Chapter 28, Revised Statutes 1919, as amended by the Act of 1921, Laws 1921, page 303.

The lands assumed to have been incorporated into the drainage district in question consist of approximately 4881 acres, lying in a sharp bend of the Missouri River in the shape of a…