Legal Opinion

People v. Leddy

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided April 15, 1912No. 7667PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Error to Denver District Court. — Hon. Carlton M. Briss, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice White

The People, on the relation of the board of county commissioners of Prowers co-unty, instituted mandamus proceedings in the court below to compel Michael A. Leddy, as auditor of the state, to issue to Prowers county a state warrant, pay*111able out of the “State Road Fund,” for the sum of $1,500, a voucher having been duly issued therefor in accordance with the provisions of a purported act of the general assembly, Session Laws of 1911, chapter 23, p. 79, and known as “House Bill No. 200.”

The defense was, that the purported legislative act was not passed in conformity with section 22 of article V…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Spangler v. JacobyIllinois Supreme Court · 1853
  2. Board of Supervisors of Schuyler County v. People ex rel. Rock Island & Alton RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1860
  3. Ames v. People ex rel. TempleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1899
  4. In re Appropriations by General AssemblySupreme Court of Colorado · 1889
  5. Attorney General v. RiceMichigan Supreme Court · 1887

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Taylor v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1931
  2. People ex rel. Colorado Tax Commission v. PitcherSupreme Court of Colorado · 1914
  3. State ex rel. Davis v. OsborneArizona Supreme Court · 1912
  4. Department of State Highways v. BakerNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1940
  5. In re Interrogatories of the GovernorSupreme Court of Colorado · 1978

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