State ex rel. Ball v. Hall

This is an original action in mandamus, brought directly in this court by the relator to require the state treasurer to countersign and pay a warrant duly drawn by the state auditor and approved by the secretary of state.

This action involves the test of an act of the 1935 session of the Nebraska legislature in respect to the appropriation bill, being House Roll No. 381, entitled, “A Bill for an Act making appropriations for the State Government for the biennium ending June 30, 1937, and the conditions of payment thereof, and to declare an emergency;” and a portion thereof reads as follows:

“Sec…