State ex rel. White v. Dickerson
Nevada Supreme Court
Original proceeding. Mandamus by the State, on the relation of L. F. White, against D. S. Dickerson, Lieutenant-Governor and Acting Governor of Nevada.
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Original proceeding. Mandamus by the State, on the relation of L. F. White, against D. S. Dickerson, Lieutenant-Governor and Acting Governor of Nevada. Statement of Facts Relator alleges that he is a citizen and taxpayer of the State of Nevada, and that he brings and prosecutes this proceeding in his own behalf and for and on behalf of all other taxpayers of the state; that the owners and holders of 145 bonds of the State of North Carolina, of the par value of $401,170, donated and tendered them to respondent, as acting governor, for and on behalf of the state, pursuant to the terms and…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Talbot, J.
(after stating the facts as above):
This proceeding is based upon a petition for a writ of mandate, asking that the lieutenant-governor, who, under a provision in the constitution, has been the acting governor since the death of Governor Sparks, be required to accept, on behalf of the state, 145 bonds of the State of North Carolina, which, with their unpaid interest coupons, are of the par value of $401,170, under an act of our legislature approved February 26,' 1901, entitled “An act to require the acceptance and collection of grants, devises, bequests, donations and…
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