State Ex Rel. Office Specialty Manufacturing Co. v. Curler
Nevada Supreme Court
Application by the State, on the relation of the Office Specialty Manufacturing Company, for mandamus against B. F. Curler, Judge of the Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County, to compel respondent to appoint appraisers under Stats. 1901, p. 93. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
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Application by the State, on the relation of the Office Specialty Manufacturing Company, for mandamus against B. F. Curler, Judge of the Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County, to compel respondent to appoint appraisers under Stats. 1901, p. 93. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. " The right of the relator to bring an action by man-damns in the name of the state has been recognized from the earliest period of our history as a state, and may be regarded as a settled rule, which, if changed, should be done by the legislature.” (State v. Spicer, (Neb.) 54 N. E. 852.) II. "No…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Massey, C. J.:
In 1901 the legislature passed an act entitled "An act authorizing the adjustment and payment of certain claims against counties of this state” (Stats. 1901, p. 93), by which, briefly stated, it was provided that whenever any county had within five years prior to the passage of the act acquired any property of the value of $500 or more, for which no compensation had been received and retained by the person, firm or corporation furnishing the same, by reason of the contract for furnishing the same being adjudged void for not having been entered into in accordance…
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