State ex rel. Howard v. Smith
Missouri Court of Appeals
Application for mandamus. The services of a janitor are necessary to the business of the court, and when the services are performed at the' instance of the court, and the account therefor allowed by the court, the city auditor may be compelled to allow the demand. — Rev. Stats., sects. 1061, 1062; The State ex rel. v. Smith, 5 Mo. App. 427 ; The State ex rel. v. St. Louis, 42 Mo. 498. '
1Opinion of the CourtBakewell, J.
This is an application for a writ of mandamus to be directed to the auditor of the city of St. Louis, command*413ing him to audit and draw his warrant upon the treasurer of the city of St. Louis for the payment of certain accounts in favor of relator, for services as janitor of the St. Louis Criminal Court.
These accounts are $17.81 for ten days’ services, from 22d to 31st December, 1883, at $55 a month, and $55 for services during the month of November.
The petition alleges that the St. Louis Criminal Court is a court of record, having exclusive original jurisdiction for the trial by jury of all…
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