State ex rel. Leese v. Wilkinson

This is an original application for a writ of mandamus to the respondent, the county treasurer of Dakota county, requiring him to pay the interest on certain coupon bonds •of Dakota county, held by the permanent school fund of the state, out of funds in his hands collected by taxation for that purpose. The county board of Dakota county having directed him to withhold payment, he has refused to make the application of the money to the purpose for which it was collected. In reality the county is the interested party, and denies the legality of the bonds.

The history of this alleged indebtedness…