State ex rel. Stortroen v. Lincoln
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Upon the relation of E. A. Stortroen the district court for Otter Tail county granted its alternative writ of mandamus commanding William Lincoln, as county auditor of that county, to execute and deliver to relator a warrant on the county treasurer for the payment of his salary as county treasurer aud indebtedness of $1,750, in accordance with Laws 1905, c. 292, and a warrant on the county treasurer for the payment of salary and ipdebtedness of $5,600 in accordance with that…
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Upon the relation of E. A. Stortroen the district court for Otter Tail county granted its alternative writ of mandamus commanding William Lincoln, as county auditor of that county, to execute and deliver to relator a warrant on the county treasurer for the payment of his salary as county treasurer aud indebtedness of $1,750, in accordance with Laws 1905, c. 292, and a warrant on the county treasurer for the payment of salary and ipdebtedness of $5,600 in accordance with that chapter, or show cause why he had not done so. ' The respondent made return and the matter was heard, upon stipulated…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C. J.
For reasons satisfactory to the legislature, into which we have no right to inquire, it was deemed advisable and proper expressly to prescribe and limit the salary and fees of certain officers of the county of Otter Tail, and to that end chapter 423, p. 1032, Sp. Laws 1891, was enacted. By that act the salary of the county treasurer was fixed at $1,600 a year, and that of other county officers as therein prescribed. Relator herein was duly elected as county treasurer at the general election of 1910, re-elected in 1912, and again in 1914, and is now discharging the duties of his office under…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- State ex rel. Wheeler v. StuhtNebraska Supreme Court · 1897
- Cameron v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
- Sudbury v. Board of CommissionersIndiana Supreme Court · 1901
- Hopkins v. ScottNebraska Supreme Court · 1894
- State ex rel. Childs v. CopelandSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
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