State ex rel. Roberts v. Lawrence

In February, 1909; an action was brought in the name of the state, on the relation of the county attorney, to enjoin the county treasurer of a county of less than 25,000 inhabitants from making a general deposit of public moneys in a bank which had not been designated as a depositary by the county commissioners. The material facts were agreed to, and relief was refused on the grounds-that'injunction wasi; not a proper remedy and that the treasurer had a right to make such deposit. The plaintiff prosecutes error.

The state may maintain injunction against a public officer to restrain him from a…