WELCH v. BORLAND

No. 48562.

66 N.W.2d 866 (1954)

Homer WELCH, Alfred Swenson, Meralyn Swenson, his wife, Earl C. Flshbaugh, Jr., and J. D. Harding, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Jay BORLAND, John Dignan, and Lawrence E. Liljedahl, as Trustees of Drainage District No. 17 in Page County, Iowa, Defendants-Appellants (PAGE COUNTY, Iowa, Intervenor-Appellee).

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 16, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul V. Nichols, Shenandoah, Stephens, Thornell & Millhone, Clarinda, for appellants.

Keenan & Clovis, Shenandoah, for appellees.

Max Turner, Clarinda, for intervenor-appellee.


HAYS, Justice.

In June, 1920, Drainage District Number Seventeen, Page County, Iowa, was established. The over-all cost thereof was $136,099.91. In December, 1951, the management of the district was transferred from the Board of Supervisors to a Board of Trustees.

This action in mandamus is brought by certain landowners in said district against said trustees, asking that an order issue directing them to make repairs to the drainage ditch as provided by Sections...

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