Swann v. Buck
Mississippi Supreme Court
EkRoe to tbe Circuit Court of Hinds county. Hon. Jobu "Watts, judge. On the 24th of November, 1865, defendant in error presented bis petition, to which his affidavit was made, to tlie Hon. D. 0. Merwin, judge of tbe Criminal Court of Warren county, in which it was represented that the State was indebted to petitioner in the sum of $2,407, for services rendered as district-attorney from October, 1863, to 22d May, 1865. That petitioner ivas duly elected to the office of…
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EkRoe to tbe Circuit Court of Hinds county. Hon. Jobu "Watts, judge. On the 24th of November, 1865, defendant in error presented bis petition, to which his affidavit was made, to tlie Hon. D. 0. Merwin, judge of tbe Criminal Court of Warren county, in which it was represented that the State was indebted to petitioner in the sum of $2,407, for services rendered as district-attorney from October, 1863, to 22d May, 1865. That petitioner ivas duly elected to the office of district-attorney of the third judicial district, and that his term of office has expired. That on the 10th day of November,…
1Opinion of the CourtEllett, J.
The defendant in error, who was elected in October, 1862, to the office of district-attorney of the third judicial district, composed of the counties of Tunica, Coahoma', Bolivar,."Washington, Issaquena, and Warren, instituted this proceeding in the Circuit Court of Hinds county, against the auditor of public accounts, to obtain a writ of mandamus requiring the auditor to issue a warrant on the treasurer for the sum of $2,401, the amount claimed by the appellee to be due to him on account of his salary from October, 1868, to May 22,1868. On the hearing of the case a peremptory mandamus was…
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