State ex rel. Roberts v. Bever

The relator, Jasper Roberts, petitioned the lower court for a writ of mandate against the appellee.

*489The petition alleges that a certain public ditch, denominated as “The Chizum Ditch,” was laid out and constructed in pursuance of an order of the board of commissioners of the county of Fountain; that the appellee was appointed by said commissioners as the surveyor and engineer to superintend the laying out and construction of the ditch in question; that at a public sale on September 24, 1892, held by the auditor of said county, the relator bid off and agreed to construct ten. shares, or…