State ex rel. Read v. Farmers Irrigation District

This is an application by the relator to the district court for Scotts Bluff county for a writ of mandamus to compel the respondent to drain certain lands within its district, pursuant to section 2887, Comp. St. 1922. After issues were duly joined, trial was had, and peremptory writ issued. To reverse this judgment, respondent appeals.

The alternative writ reflects the following alleged facts, in substance: That the respondent is, and has been for more than ten years last past, an irrigation district organized and operated under the laws of the state of Nebraska; that the relator is now, and…