Blackwater Drainage District v. Borgstadt

The plaintiff, as its name indicates, is a drainage district. The defendant is the clerk of the circuit court of Johnson county. This controversy is over fees said to he due the clerk in a proceeding to enlarge the district as is contemplated by section 5500, R. S. 1909: The defendant issued a fee bill, including fees of other officers with" his own. Several of those in the names of other officers had been paid and as they are not involved we will drop them out of consideration. The total of all costs included in the bill was $4057.25. Plaintiff moved to quash the fee bill. The circuit court…