State ex rel. State Savings Ass'n v. Draper

This is a petition for a writ of mandamus against the State auditor. It shows that by an act of the Legislature passed March 4, 1869, the General Assembly appropriated the sum of “ $9,107, with interest at the rate of six per centum,” to pay the amount “ due the' State Savings Association, of St. Louis, for moneys advanced by said association to Governor Gamble, September 2, 1862 ;” that the relator is the party interested in the said appropriation, and the sole owner of the indebtedness therein mentioned; that he has repeatedly requested the defendant to draw his official warrant in the…