State ex rel. Bradford v. Board of Commissioners

The defendant has filed a motion to quash the alternative writ of mandamus, and thereby two questions are raised which go to the sufficiency of the writ. They are as follows: First, that there is a misjoinder of causes of action; second, that the law under which the elections are sought to be called has been repealed; therefore, that the elections, if called, would be void and the bonds invalid.

It appears from the writ that on the 25th day of May, 1887, the petitions of more than two-fifths of the resident tax-payers of Sumner, Roscoe, Albion, Loda, and Bell townships, of Reno county, were…