State ex rel. Dawson v. Eberhardt

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

This is an original proceeding in mandamus, brought by the state on the relation of the attorney-general, to require the defendant, as county *434treasurer of Saline county, to distribute to certain school districts named certain taxes levied by the county authorities and collected by the defendant as county treasurer, under the act known as the “Barnes high-school law” (Laws 1905, ch. 397, as amended by Laws 1907, ch. 333, and Laws 1908, ch. 69, and cured by Laws 1909, ch. 210, Gen. Stat. 1909, §§ 7792-7801, 7809).

The taxes were illegally levied…