Fidelity National Bank & Trust Co. v. Morris

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hutchison, J.:

Two original proceedings in mandamus have been consolidated to be heard and tried together.

The first case was brought by the Fidelity National Bank and Trust Company against the board of supervisors of drainage district No. 1 in Lyon county, and recently the county clerk of Lyon county was made a party defendant. This case involves the question of the right of the plaintiff to a levy of a tax on the land in the drainage district to pay the plaintiff for money borrowed to meet the necessary cost and expense of the organization and…