Hicks v. Davis

The opinion of the court was delivered by

DAWSON, J.:

The plaintiff asks for a writ of mandamus to A compel the auditor of state to draw a warrant in his favor against the “state grain inspection fee fund” in the custody of the state treasurer, pursuant to an appropriation item in “an act making appropriation to pay sundry claims against the state,” which took effect on March 19, 1913. (Laws 1913, ch. 61.) The item reads:

“Item 106. To L. M. Hicks, for money expended for traveling expenses while in employ of State Grain Inspection Department from February, 1909 to June 11, 1912, $384.60, to be…