Board of Commissioners of Boone Co. v. State, ex rel. Titus

The relator of the appellee, upon his affidavit filed, moved the court below for an alternative writ of mandate against the appellant, requiring the board of' commissioners of Boone county to show cause why they* *380-did not approve the official bond of said relator, as the sheriff of said county.

In Ins affidavit the relator said, in substance, that, on October 10th, 1876, he was duly elected sheriff of Boone county, Indiana, at the general election then held in said county; that, on February 16th, 1877, he was duly commissioned by the Governor of this State, under the State seal, authorizing…