State ex rel. Clancy v. Hall
New Mexico Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Santa Fe County; Holloman, Judge. Mandamus by the State of Mew Mexico, on relation of Frank W. Clancy, against H. L. Hall, as Treasurer of the State of New Mexico. Judgment for relator, and defendant appeals. . Boundary bill conflicts with constitution of H. S', in that it attempts to prescribe settlement of boundary dispute between states.
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Appeal from District Court, Santa Fe County; Holloman, Judge. Mandamus by the State of Mew Mexico, on relation of Frank W. Clancy, against H. L. Hall, as Treasurer of the State of New Mexico. Judgment for relator, and defendant appeals. . Boundary bill conflicts with constitution of H. S', in that it attempts to prescribe settlement of boundary dispute between states. Bhode Island v. Mass., 12 Pet. 651. Bill is in violation H. S. Constitution in that it attempts to- authorize, commission and attorneys to institute and prosecute actions necessary in its judgment, in place of the only possible…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT.
ROBERTS, J.
On August 18, 1917, Frank W. Clancy, an attorney, presented to the treasurer of the state of New Mexico, a warrant in his favor in the sum of $2,500, payable out of the state boundary commission fund, and drawn by W. G. Sargent, state auditor, as part payment of special counsel fees under tlie provisions of chapter 111, Laws 1917. The treasurer of the state refused to honor and pay such warrant on the ground that chapter 111 of the Laws of 1917, by authority of which the warrant was issued, was an invalid enactment, in violation of thé Constitution of the…
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