Leatherwood v. Hill
Arizona Supreme Court
PETITION for Writ of Mandamus. Demurrer to application sustained. Petition amended and writ issued. 10 Ariz. 243. The facts are stated in the opinion. Plaintiffs contend that the Appropriation Laws of 1901, 1903, and 1905, and especially the latter Appropriation Act, constituted a re-enactment of act No. 53, Laws of 1897 (on the theory that said last act was in effect a reincorporation of the original act of incorporation), repealed when the Revised Statutes were enacted.
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PETITION for Writ of Mandamus. Demurrer to application sustained. Petition amended and writ issued. 10 Ariz. 243. The facts are stated in the opinion. Plaintiffs contend that the Appropriation Laws of 1901, 1903, and 1905, and especially the latter Appropriation Act, constituted a re-enactment of act No. 53, Laws of 1897 (on the theory that said last act was in effect a reincorporation of the original act of incorporation), repealed when the Revised Statutes were enacted. The case of People v. Miner, 46 111. 367, is decisive of this case. Citing, among other cases, in support: Sutherland on…
1Opinion of the CourtNave, J.
This is an original proceeding before this court.
The Arizona Pioneers Historical Society and its board of directors seek a writ of mandamus to compel the auditor of *19the territory to issue his warrant to the plaintiffs for the purpose of paying to them an appropriation made by the last legislative assembly. The petitioners aver, in substance:—
1. That the Arizona Pioneers Historical Society is a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of this territory; that the other petitioners are the board of directors thereof; that the defendant is the territorial auditor.
2. That on March…
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