Newman v. Lake

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Cunningham, J. :

This was an action of mandamus, brought by the defendant in error, in the district court of Shawnee county, to compel the plaintiff in error, who is county clerk of said county, to issue to the defendant in error books of affidavits for the use *850of druggists, as provided in section 1 of chapter 339, Laws of 1903. The alternative writ set out the following facts : Lake was a citizen of the state of Kansas, and was, and had been for several years last past, a registered pharmacist, lawfully and in good faith engaged personally in the…