Conn v. Board of Commissioners

Appellant sued appellee, the board of commissioners of the county of Cass, and by his complaint sought to invoke the chancery powers of the court to compel appellee to account to him, and pay the judgment which he demanded against it, out of a certain fund created by the sale of bonds to defray the expenses of constructing a public ditch in Cass county. Appellee appeared to the action, by its attorneys, and demurred to the cofhplaint for insufficiency of facts, and also for want of jurisdiction in the court over it and the subject-matter of the action. This demurrer, was sustained, and,…