State to Use of Nee v. Gorsuch

Relator (appellant here) filed suit in mandamus in the G-reene County Circuit Court to compel respondents, as judges of the county court of said county, to issue a warrant on the county treasurer in payment of back salary, claimed by relator to be due him as second assistant prosecuting attorney of said county. Peremptory writ of mandamus was denied by the circuit court, and an appeal to the Springfield Court of Appeals was granted to relator. That court transferred the case to this court, under the provisions of Section 12, Article VI, of our Constitution, on the ground that Greene County is…