State Ex Rel. Fatzer v. Anderson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, C. J.:

This is an original action in quo warranto wherein the state on the relation of the attorney general seeks to oust a committee of the legislature from carrying out powers purporting to be conferred on it by a resolution of the budget session of 1956 and to oust the members of the committee and each of them as members of the committee and the state treasurer and controller of the state from expending or disbursing any funds pursuant to the resolution.

The case reaches us on the second amended petition. It alleged the defendants, Anderson,…