Goodykoontz v. People ex rel. Sawyer
Supreme Court of Colorado
JError to the District Court of Arapahoe County. Application in the district court for writ of mandamus. Judgment was rendered awarding the peremptory writ commanding the state auditor to issue his warrant for the payment of the residue of a certain legislative appropriation for the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home. The auditor seeks a review and reversal of the judgment by writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Elliott
1. To care for the nation’s defenders when they have become infirm and indigent is a public as well as a patriotic duty, recognized by all civilized countries. In this state such duty has the sanction of the constitution. Article 8 provides :
“STATE INSTITUTIONS.
“ Section 1. Educational, reformatory and penal institutions, and those for the benefit of the insane, blind, deaf and mute, and such other institutions as the public good may require, shall be established and supported bjr the state, in such manner as may be prescribed by law.”
The Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home, established by the act of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- In re Appropriations by General AssemblySupreme Court of Colorado · 1889
- Henderson v. People ex rel. WingateSupreme Court of Colorado · 1892
3Cited by13 opinions
- Parks v. Commissioners of Soldiers' & Sailors' HomeSupreme Court of Colorado · 1896
- In Re Senate Resolution No. 2Supreme Court of Colorado · 1934
- People Ex Rel. Colorado State Hospital v. ArmstrongSupreme Court of Colorado · 1939
- In re State Board of EqualizationSupreme Court of Colorado · 1897
- Nance v. StuartColorado Court of Appeals · 1898
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