McDonald v. State ex rel. Keaton
Indiana Supreme Court
Prom Shelby Circuit Court; 'Albert F. Wray, Special Judge. Action in mandamus by the State of Indiana, on the relation of Albert R. Keaton, as drainage commissioner, against William A. McDonald, as treasurer of Shelby County. Prom a judgment for relator, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSpencer, J.
This is an action in mandamus wherein the relator seeks to compel appellant, as treasurer of Shelby County, to collect certain assessments made for the construction of a public drain in said county. The trial court made a special finding of facts from which it appears that on January 27, 1910, Elbert V. Morrison and other landowners in said county filed their petition in the Shelby Circuit Court, asking for the drainage and reclamation of certain wet lands owned by said petitioners and further alleging that said lands could not be drained without affecting the lands of others. Such further…
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