State ex rel. County Treasurer of Mille Lacs County v. Dike
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Original. The cases are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
*364 By the Court.
Young, J.
These are two alternative writs of mandamus, directed to the state treasurer and to the secretary of state, respectively.
In the first case, upon the return of the writ, the attorney general, appearing in behalf of the respondent, objected to the jurisdiction of the court to compel the state treasurer by mandamus, to the performance of any official act. The objection is well taken.
The third article of the constitution provides as follows: “The powers of the government shall be divided into three distinct departments, legislative, executive and judicial; and no person or…
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