Stoddard v. Benton
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from District Court of Ouray County. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, C. J.
This was an application by the appellee Benton to the district court of Ouray county for a writ of mandamus to compel the appellant, as county treasurer of said county, to pay a county warrant alleged to have been issued by the board of county commissioners.
The warrant was drawn payable to O. P. Goss, or bearer, in payment of a judgment against the county, and bears date January 14, 1880.
The petition alleges that Benton is and has been the legal holder thereof ever since the 15th day of June, 1880. That Treasurer Stoddard had paid a portion of the warrant, but that on the 28th day of…
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