Talbott, Auditor of Public Account v. Jones

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Stites

Affirming.

This is a suit by twenty-five highway patrolmen, in which they ask for a declaration of their rights and for a writ of mandamus against the defendant Auditor requiring him to draw his warrant on the Treasurer for the amount alleged to be due to the plaintiffs for pay as employees of the state. A demurrer was filed to the petition as -amended, and upon the overruling of the demurrer by the trial -court the defendant declined to plead further, and judgment was entered in accordance with the prayer of the petition.

It is -alleged that the plaintiffs…