State Ex Rel. Markham v. Elmquist

Loring, Justice.

This is a proceeding by mandamus to compel the village of Hopkins and its officers to publish in the relator’s newspaper, which is the only legal newspaper published in that village, a detailed annual report pursuant to L. 1911, c. 352. The relator is a resident, voter, and taxpayer of the respondent village, which operates under L. 1885, c. 115. The trial court held that the 1911 law applied to the village of Hopkins and that such report must be published.

The sole question presented by this appeal is whether or not L. 1911, c. 352, applies to the village of Hopkins. R. L.…