Wilson v. Winfrey

The opinion of the court was delivered by

GRAVES, J.:

This is an application for a writ of mandamus requiring the defendants to appraise certain school-lands in Rawlins county. It is claimed *469that the defendants have been appointed to perform this duty, but refuse so to do.

The defendants say in their return to the alternative writ that they have performed the duty devolving upon them as appraisers, and do not feel authorized to comply with the demands of the plaintiff. The case has been submitted upon an agreed statement of facts, from which it appears that on January 7, 1901, the land was…