Excise Board of Oklahoma County v. Board of Educ.

A writ of mandamus was issued by thei trial court, at the instance of the board of education, to compel the excise board, plaintiff in error, to approve -a supplemental appropriation for building sites in the total sum of $119,710.

While supplemental or additional appropriations are authorized by section 12680, O. S. 1931, certain conditions must exist before supplemental appropriations may be made. Among these is the requirement that the additional appropriation sought to 'be made must be for “current' expense purposes.”

Ordinarily, as measured by the decisions, uninfluenced by statutes and…