Teoc Sub-Drainage Dist. v. Halliwell

Appellees, Halliwell and Cooper, brought their separate actions in the circuit court of Leflore county against appellant drainage district for a writ of mandamus to compel the commissioners of the district to pay out of its funds on hand the bonds of the district held by them in the aggregate sum of $3,114.53. The facts in each case were the same, and by agreement the cases were consolidated and tried as one.

The trial was on petition for mandamus, answers, agreed facts, and additional testimony of witnesses in troduced, résulting in a judgment in appellees’ favor awarding the writ. From that…