State v. Carter

Blume, Justice.

This is an action in mandamus, brought in this court against the State Auditor, and arises out of an act of the legislature, Chapter 110, Session Laws of 1923, providing as follows:

“That the sum of three thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from any funds in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the relief of Ida Geneva McPherren, for the loss of her husband, W. S. McPherren, who was killed in line of duty in 1921, as undersheriff by parties unknown. ’ ’

The petition alleges among other things that the relator herein is, and…