State Ex Rel. University of Minnesota v. Chase

Mandamus on behalf of the University of Minnesota and its Board of Regents to require Ray P. Chase, State Auditor, to approve a voucher and issue his warrant in payment of an item of expense incurred by the regents in a preliminary survey for the purpose of installing a plan of group insurance of members of the faculty and other permanent employes of the university. On the ground of policy alone, that purpose encountered the disapproval of the Commission of Administration and Finance; hence the adverse action of the auditor. Judgment went against him, and he appeals.

On the surface of things,…