People ex rel. Gardenier v. Board of Supervisors

The relator obtained an alternative writ of mandamus directed to the board of supervisors of Columbia county, commanding them to pass upon, audit, and allow a claim of $4,013.05, or so much of the same as shall be found due the relator for services and expenses in proceedings in apprehending and extraditing one John H. W. Cadby from the British territory in North America, under the requisition of the governor of New York, made upon the president of the United States, and by him upon the British government in Canada. The alternative writ shows the issuing of a warrant by a magistrate of…