Board of Trustees of Drainage District No. 1 v. Glotfelter

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The action was one of mandamus commenced by the board of trustees of a drainage district in process of disorganization, against the county treasurer as collector of taxes for the drainage district, to require the treasurer to pay to the trustees taxes collected for the drainage district.

The taxes were levied and collected pursuant to the judgment of this court in the cases of Fidelity Nat’l Bank & Trust Co. v. Morris, 127 Kan. 283, 273 Pac. 425, and 130 Kan. 290, 286 Pac. 206. Some taxpayers paid without protest, and there is no reason why…