Board of Auditors v. People

This was a proceeding by mandamus to compel the board of town auditors of the town of Cottonwood to audit an alleged claim in favor of the relators against the town.

It appears from the averments of the petition that the relators were commissioners of highways of said town, and while acting in that capacity they caused a ditch to be dug along a public highway of the town. This ditch furnished a cause of action to one ¡Robert Scott, who brought suit against the relators, and recovered a judgment against them for the sum of §18 and costs, which .costs, together with attorney fees, amounted to…