Monroe v. Anderson

This was a petition for mandamus against a coun-

ty treasurer, to compel the latter to pay the witness fees of nonresident witnesses for the State. A mandamus nisi was issued; but upon the hearing the judge refused to make the rule absolute, upon the ground that the subpoenas had not been signed by the solicitor-general of the circuit before the issuance of the same.

The ruling stated in the headnote is taken from the decision in the case of Harris v. Early County, 96 Ga. 186 (22 S. E. 704), and controls the case here adversely to the contentions of the plaintiff in error. We have been asked to…