State ex rel. City of Lincoln v. Johnson

This is an original application for mandamus to compel the auditor of public accounts to register and certify municipal bonds in the sum of $100,000 issued by the city of Lincoln for the purpose of establishing and equipping an aviation field for aerial traffic. The proposition to authorize the bonds was submitted to the voters of the city at a *302state-wide primary April 10, 1928 — a general election within the meaning of the “Home Rule Charter.” State v. Marsh, 107 Neb. 607. There were 6,330 votes for and 6,173 against the bonds. One ground on which the auditor declined to register them was…