State Ex Atty. Gen. v. Wead

This action was instituted in the Supreme Court, wherein the Attorney General sought a peremptory writ in mandamus directing Ralph Wead, the Auditor of Greene County, to draw a warrant upon the county treasurer for a certain sum claimed to be due the board of state charities for board, clothing, etc.

The petition alleged that the juvenile court committed certain dependent minors to the board which had furnished necessities; and statements showed the detailed expenditures incurred on behalf of such dependent minors. •Wead claimed that a large majority of the commitments were temporary and…