Wilkie v. Howe

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Horton, C. J.:

This is an original proceeding in mandamus, to compel the defendant, as treasurer of Marion county, to receive the sum of $45 from the plaintiff, as the first installment of the purchase-money for the following-described school land, to wit, the north half of the northwest quarter ■of section sixteen, township twenty-one, south, of range five, ■east of 6th principal meridian, in said Marion county, and to give to the plaintiff therefor a receipt.

The facts in the case are substantially these: On the 13th ■day of January, 1880, one E. S.…