Schobert v. Inter-County Drainage Board

Plaintiffs herein are farmers in the county of Tuscola. They have filed a petition for writ of mandamus against the defendant, Inter-County Drainage Board of Tuscola, Sanilac and Lapeer counties for the "White Creek No 2 Inter-County Drain. It was the complaint of the plaintiffs that the defendant board caused the construction of an inter-county drain which crossed their farms. Having done so, and having thus severed plaintiffs’ farms into “disconnected portions,” the defendant board found itself without funds for the construction of suitable bridges or passageways across the drains. As a…