Erickson v. Nine Mile Irrigation District

The object of this action is to enjoin the officers of the Nine Mile Irrigation District and the county treasurer of Morrill county from levying and collecting a tax for irrigation district purposes against certain city lots in the city of Bayard. The court granted the injunction. Defendants appeal.

In 1906 the Nine Mile Irrigation District issued $18,000 in bonds, due in 20 years thereafter, for the purchase of a canal and right of way. The bonds are unpaid. The statute at the time of the passage of the act provided: “Such bonds, and the interest thereon, shall be paid by revenue derived from…