State Ex Rel. Trahan v. Price

This action was instituted in the circuit court of Hinds county by a petition in the name of the state of Mississippi, on relation of R. G. Trahan, and thirteen other resident citizens and taxpayers of Pike county, Miss., against J. S. Price, state auditor, seeking a writ of mandamus to prevent the issuance of warrants b}r him on the state treasury on the requisitions of the state highway commission, for the payment of salaries or other expenses of the said commission, for the purchase of rights of way for said highways, or for any other purpose whatsoever, save and except that purpose for…