State Ex Rel. Putnam v. Holm

This is an appeal from a judgment quashing and dismissing an alternative writ of mandamus issued in a proceeding to have the respondents, who are state officials, authenticate and promulgate senate file No. 137,.which was a bill in the 1927 legislature relating to the salary of district judges. The bill passed both houses and was presented to the governor on Wednesday, April 13, 1927. On April 18,1927, the governor returned it, with his written objections, to the lieutenant governor while presiding over the senate.

April 15 was Good Friday, which is a legal holiday in this state. April 17 was…