State ex rel. Lester v. Baker

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

These three actions involve the same general state of facts and were consolidated in the court below. They are brought on the relation of the county attorney of Jefferson county, against the officers of Stonehouse Drainage District No. 1 of Jefferson county and the surety companies which were on the bond of the treasurer of the district and in each case the payee of a warrant paid by the county treasurer of Jefferson county that had been drawn on the special improvement fund of the drainage district by the officers of the drainage district.…