People ex rel. City of Chicago v. Hummel

This is a petition for a writ of mandamus, filed in this court in the name of the People, upon the, relation of the city of Chicago, against Ernst Hummel, the treasurer of said city, to coerce him, as siich treasurer, to honor the warrant of the mayor and city comptroller of said city bearing date November 23, 1904, directing him to transfer $672,496.45 from the fund derived from the sale of permanent improvement bonds issued by said city pursuant to the terms of an ordinance bearing date July 18, 1904, for the purpose of making permanent municipal improvements in said city, to a special…