Mandan News Publishing Co. v. Board of City Commissioners

The plaintiff applied to the district court of Morton county for a writ of mandamus commanding the officers of the city to issue a warrant in the sum of $862.27, which amount is alleged to be owing to the plaintiff for the publication of a special assessment notice in sewer district No. 1. The petition alleges the publication of the notice, the quantity of composition and that the legal fee, computed according to chapter 93 of the Session Laws of 1921, is $862.27. It also alleges a pretended audit of the claim and its allowance in the sum of $465.30, and further alleges that the audit was…