State ex rel. Braatelien v. Drakeley
North Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of tbe District Court for Williams County, Burr, Special Judge. Statement of Facts. Tbe relator as state’s attorney of Williams county and also as a freeholder, taxpayer, resident, and elector of said county, on bebalf of himself and other taxpayers similarly situated, procured an order to show cause addressed to George O. Drakeley, C. J. Iielle, C. 0. Houglum, and Frank Banks, as county commissioners of Williams county, why a writ of mandamus should not…
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Appeal from an order of tbe District Court for Williams County, Burr, Special Judge. Statement of Facts. Tbe relator as state’s attorney of Williams county and also as a freeholder, taxpayer, resident, and elector of said county, on bebalf of himself and other taxpayers similarly situated, procured an order to show cause addressed to George O. Drakeley, C. J. Iielle, C. 0. Houglum, and Frank Banks, as county commissioners of Williams county, why a writ of mandamus should not issue. His application set forth, among other things, that the respondents were commissioners of said county, that the…
1Opinion of the Court
SpaldiNG, Ob. J.
The relator filed a brief and appeared in person on the argument in this court. The defendants neither appeared nor filed a brief, but Mr. George A. Bangs, an attorney of Grand Forks county, made application for leave to submit a brief on behalf of the state auditors’ association, whatever that may be, and he was permitted to do so, and we refer to and consider his brief the same as though it had been filed in behalf of respondents. lie makes certain joreliminary objections to a consideration of the matter, which will be disposed of before we turn to the question of whether…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Union Pacific Railroad v. HallSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Looscan v. County of HarrisTexas Supreme Court · 1883
- Stephens v. JonesSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1909
- Temple v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1886
- State ex rel. Davis v. WillisNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1910
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