Township of Normania v. County of Yellow Medicine

Peterson, Justice.

Plaintiff appealed to the district court from the disallowance by the county board of Yellow Medicine county of a claim for $1,931.66. The complaint, stripped of legal conclusions and accusations against defendant, alleges that the amount claimed was withheld by defendant from tax collections in its hands belonging to plaintiff to pay certain ditch assessment installments assessed against defendant; that the assessments were payable in 15 annual installments in each year, except 1925, from 1920 to 1934, inclusive; that defendant obtained the moneys so withheld by fraudulent…