In re Dancy Drainage District

I am unable to agree with the conclusion reached by the court in this case, and briefly indicate the grounds of my dissent.

A drainage district is but an arm of the state, created for the purpose of performing a single function, and is a gmsi-municipal corporation with limited powers. McMahon v. Lower Baraboo River D. Dist. 184 Wis. 611, 200 N. W. 366; Harkins v. Smith, 204 Ala. 417, 85 South. 812. It being a g«m’-public corporation, the commissioners could exercise only those powers which were conferred upon them by statute. Qííím'-corporations are of the lowest rank and their authority must…