Denver v. Hobart
Nevada Supreme Court
This was an original application to the Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Hawley, J.:
This is an application for a writ of mandamus to compel respondent to issue to relator a warrant on the State treasurer for the sum of five thousand three hundred and ninety-seven dollars and sixty-five cents claimed to be due relator for his salary as ex officio warden of the State prison.
The legislature, at its last session, passed “ An act to provide for the government of the. State prison of the State of Nevada” (Stat. 1873, 71), which provides that “the State prison commissioners shall meet on the first Monday of April, A. D. 1873, for the purpose of selecting a…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- State ex rel. Josephs v. DouglassNevada Supreme Court · 1910
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