City of Aurora v. French

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The action is one of mandamus to require the state auditor to register municipal bonds. The auditor moves to quash the alternative writ, which shows the following facts:

On March 5, 1928, an ordinance of the city was passed and approved calling an election to be held on April 3 to determine whether bonds should be issued for the construction of a system of city waterworks. The ordinance provided that the notice of election should be published for three consecutive weeks, the first publication to be at least twenty-one days prior to the date…