State, Ex Rel. Urschel v. Coller, Aud.

This is an action in mandamus, originating in this court, in which relator L. B. Barnes, the superintendent of the sewage treatment plant of the city of Bowling Green, seeks to compel the respondent, Wayne R. Coller, as city auditor, to issue to such relator warrants for his salary as fixed by the board of public affairs of that city, to which the council by ordinance had committed the management of that utility, including the duty of fixing the compensation of its employees.

To the petition, the respondent filed a general demurrer, and the legal question thus raised is now-before the court.

The…