State ex rel. Attorney General v. County Commissioners
Nebraska Supreme Court
Original application for mandamus to compel the-board of county commissioners of Douglas county to allow the amount claimed to be due the state for the care and protection given to insane patients from that county. It was submitted to the court on the following agreed statement of facts: “ In this case it is stipulated and agreed by the relator and respondent,, acting through their respective attorneys, Wm.
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Original application for mandamus to compel the-board of county commissioners of Douglas county to allow the amount claimed to be due the state for the care and protection given to insane patients from that county. It was submitted to the court on the following agreed statement of facts: “ In this case it is stipulated and agreed by the relator and respondent,, acting through their respective attorneys, Wm. Leese, attorney general, for the state, and J. C. Cowin. for the respondents; that it is true as matters of fact: “ Second. There is no record or other evidence showing-that the board of…
1Opinion of the CourtReese, J.
The questions involved in this case are of great importance to the state and to the people of the several counties, as they involve, among others, the question of the power of the legislature to impose upon the people of the several counties the expense of the maintenance' of insane persons at the state hospital, in addition to the general state tax levied for the purpose of maintaining this institution.
While we have carefully investigated all the questions presented, yet, for want of sufficient time at our disposal to discuss each one with that degree of care to which it seems to merit, we…
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