Malott

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court of the United States directing the issuance of a writ of mandate. An aetion had been brought in that conrt to secure judgment against the Judith Basin Irrigation *144 Distriet upon certain outstanding bonds issued by the district which were issued and sold in 1921. A judgment had been rendered in that action. The petition for writ of mandamus was filed in that action for the purpose of enforcing the judgment which was rendered on the 19th of October, 1931 in the sum of $77,716. It is alleged in the petition that the distriet had no property subject to execution and that there are no funds in the county treasury of Fergus county in which the irrigation distriet is situated applicable to the payment of the judgment. It is alleged that the petitioners and judgment creditors are the owners of all the bonds of the district ex-™m^;red f ’ 27i 39’ a*d ]}9 for $1,000 each. The judgment was for the principal of the first 40 bonds, to wit, $40,-000 and for the unpaid coupons excepting bonds numbered 21, 27, and 391. The judgment does not cover bonds to 160, which the petitioners alleged they now own. The bonds, by their terms, accrue at…