Edwards v. Carter

This is an original proceeding in this court in which the petitioners pray for a writ of mandamus requiring the State Auditor to allow their salary claims in the sum of $625 each month, and requiring the State Treasurer to pay said warrants or indorse thereon proper notation, as by law provided, for the allowance of interest.

The allegations of the petitioners are that at the time of their election to office the salary provided by law for each of their offices was $7,500 per annum, payable monthly, and that the State Auditor has refused to allow their claims for salaries in an amount greater…