Moran v. Board of County Commissioners

This is an appeal by the relator, J. S. Moran, from a judgment of the district court of: Custer County quashing a writ of mandate.

The record discloses that from 1921 through 1926 the Tongue *352and Yellowstone River Irrigation District, a public corporation, levied an assessment for irrigation against the Richland Addition of Custer County. Included in the assessment were 63 lots, which are presently owned by the relator. The assessment was levied on the lands as a unit instead of against each respective lot owner then of record. The assessment was not paid and a tax sale certificate was issued…