Jeffreys v. Huston
Idaho Supreme Court
An original action in this court for a writ of mandamus. The legislature has full and absolute power to make continuing appropriations, subject only to the restrictions contained in sec. 1, art. 8 of the state constitution.
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An original action in this court for a writ of mandamus. The legislature has full and absolute power to make continuing appropriations, subject only to the restrictions contained in sec. 1, art. 8 of the state constitution. (In re Continuing Appropriations, 18 Colo. 192, 32 Pae. 272; Gilbert v. Moody, 3 Ida. 3, 25 Pae. 1092; State v. Burdick, 4 Wyo. 272, 33 Pae. 125, 24 L. E. A. 266.) The effect of the passage of the general appropriation bill was merely to suspend during the life of such bill that portion of sec. 101, referred to, and, upon the expiration of the biennial period covered by…
1Opinion of the CourtStewart, J.
— This is an application for a writ of mandate. The case is submitted upon the pleadings. The facts as disclosed by the complaint and answer are as follows: That, the defendant, Fred L. Huston, is the state auditor; that the plaintiff, during the month of January, 1913, was the duly appointed, qualified and acting assistant adjutant general of *375the state of Idaho; that on the 1st day of February, 1913, the petitioner presented to the defendant, the state auditor, at his office, a duly verified claim against the state of Idaho for the sum of $125; that such claim conforms in all respects to the…
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