Bushnell v. Mississippi & Fox River Drainage District

— This action in mandamus was instituted by appellants in the Circuit Court of Clark County, Missouri, to compel the respondent drainage district and the members of its board of supervisors to levy a tax to pay a judgment that had been previously rendered against said drainage district in favor of appellants. After a trial, the court quashed the alternative writ which it had theretofore issued and denied a peremptory writ. The claimants took an appeal to the Supreme Court. That court held it did not have jurisdiction and transferred the cause to this court. [See Bushnell et al. v. Mississippi…