State Ex Rel. Lathers v. Smith

This is an appeal by John M. Smith, treasurer of the state of Wisconsin, and individually as judgment debtor, from a final judgment dated August 22, 1942, in favor of the respondent, William Lathers, Jr., and against the defendant John M. Smith individually, for $343.98 damages, $100 costs, and $19.44 disbursements, a total of $463.42.

William Lathers, Jr., applied for a writ of mandamus to compel John M. Smith, treasurer of the state of Wisconsin, to honor and pay a state highway commission order for an estimated $16,600 on plaintiff’s contract with the state for grading on State Trunk…