Carson Reclamation Dist. v. Vigil

OPINION OP THE COURT

WATSON, J.

Appellant (plaintiff below) alleged -that it is an irrigation district, organized under chapter 41, Laws of 1919, and by section 12 of that act directed to employ a competent hydraulic engineer, but unable to do so for lack of funds. It further alleged that it -made demand upon the state auditor to draw his warrant for the sum of $15,000 upon the “permanent reservoirs for irrigation purposes income fund,” in which fund there is a large sum of money, to enable it to employ .such engineer, and that the auditor (appellee) refused so to do. Mandamus was prayed to…