State Ex Rel. Chamberlin v. Grand River Drainage District

By this action Cass County seeks to compel defendant, a drainage district organized by decree of the circuit court of that county, to construct or re-construct, and to repair and maintain bridges upon the public highways in the county, crossed by ditches made by the district.

The relief asked is by way of a mandatory injunction. A sharp issue presented is the question whether the defendant district was organized under and is subject to the provisions of the Drainage Act of 1913 (Laws 1913, pp. 232-267; Art. I, Chap. 28, R.S. 1919), or was organized under and subject to the provisions of…