Cowdin v. Huff

Motion for a mandate to compel the audit- or of White county to allow and audit a claim. The statement of the case is as follows:

The appellee served in the office of judge of Common Pleas, for the district composed of the counties of Tippecanoe and White, one year and nine months. He was paid for his services at the rate of an annual salary of 600 dollars — the respective counties of the district paying at that rate in proportion to their population, that of Tippecanoe being 19,377, and of White 4,751, according to the last census taken by the United States.

The appellee insists, and the Court…