Mitchell v. Short

A petition for a writ of mandamus was filed by appellee in the circuit court of Winnebago county to compel the appellant county clerk of said county to deliver to appellee a certain county order for $12 in payment of a claim allowed by the county board of said county. Upon demurrer to said petition being overruled, and appellant having elected to abide said demurrer, judgment was entered granting said writ as prayed. To reverse said judgment this appeal is prosecuted.

Said order was countersigned, “Frank H. Carson Treasurer by Clara M. Savage Deputy,” and the.primary question for determination…