State Ex Rel. Llewellyn v. Knox County

This suit was brought by order of the Quarterly Court of Knox County seeking a declaration as to the constitutionality of an act (Chap. 192, Private Acts 1931) purporting to empower the County Judge to employ a clerk and impose on him the duties of purchasing agent for the County; and praying for a writ of mandamus to require the County Court to provide the necessary funds for the carrying out of the provisions of the act. A demurrer to the petition filed by Llewellyn, the Clerk named by the Judge, was sustained in part by the Circuit Judge, who held that the caption was insufficient, under…