Colorado Public Welfare Board v. Viles

Defendant in error, hereinafter referred to as plaintiff, alleging that he was entitled to a pension because of blindness, brought mandamus against plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as the board, to compel the allowance thereof. An alternative writ was issued to which the board demurred on the ground “that the court had no jurisdiction of the person of the respondent or the subject of the action.” That demurrer was over ruled, the board elected to stand, and to review the judgment entered accordingly it brings error.

A number of propositions are argued in the briefs, but from the…