Whitfield v. Grimes

In August 1936, plaintiff, acting as attorney and trustee for bondholders, brought this suit for a writ of mandamus.

The following allegations appear in his amended and substituted petition: Prior to March 1,1924, Chariton River Drainage District No. 1 was -established. On or about March 1, 1924, the board of supervisors of Wayne county caused to be issued and sold drainage bonds wbicb were numbered serially. In 1929 and 1930, the bondholders, represented by plaintiff, purchased bonds No. 64 to No. 74, inclusive, in the principal sum of $7,400 due November 1, 1934, without notice of any defect…