State ex rel. Graham v. Judge of the Eighth District Court of the Parish of Orleans

The New Orleans, Mobile and Texas Railroad Company instituted proceedings against the Auditor and Treasurer of the State of Louisiana to compel them to register bonds of tbe State-in favor of tbe said company to the amount of $750,000, in accordance with the provisions of the act No. 31 of the G-eneral Assembly of 1870. Alter hearing, the judge made the mandamus peremptory, commanding- said officers to perform the acts required of them. They prayed for an appeal, which was refused by the judge. Thereupon a writ of mandamus was applied for to compel the judge to grant the appeal.

In his answer…