Ellis v. Board of State Auditors

At the spring election in 1891, an amendment to the Constitution increasing the salary of the attorney general was submitted to the electors. The -vote was canvassed, and the amendment was declared to be carried. Similar action was had relative to another amendment submitted in 1893. Salaries were paid at the increased rate, until a recanvass, in obedience to the order of this court, resulted in the determination and declaration that the respective amendments had been defeated. Relator alleges that meantime, believing said amendments to have been legally adopted, he, in good *530faith, received…