State ex rel. State Reclamation Board v. Clausen
Washington Supreme Court
Application filed in the supreme court November 4, 1919, for a writ of mandamus to compel the state auditor to issue a warrant to relator in payment for land purchased by the state reclamation board under the land settlement act.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
This is an original mandamus proceeding in this court, wherein the relators seek a writ of mandate to compel the state auditor to issue a warrant against the state reclamation revolving fund to the relator, George J. Hurley, in payment for 160 acres of land purchased from him by the state reclamation board under the land settlement act, Laws of 1919, ch. 188, page 583. The auditor has refused to issue the warrant as demanded of him, basing his refusal upon the sole ground that the land settlement act is unconstitutional.
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