Hutchens v. Craig

This is a proceeding begun by the appellant, the executrix of the estate of A. R. Hutchens, deceased, against Carl N. Craig, State Auditor, revived in the name of J. M. Causey, who succeeded Craig as State Auditor, alleging that A. R. Hutchens was clerk of the chancery court of Humphreys County at the time of his death; that the State then owed him the sum of $3,131.15, the aggregate of fees due him by the. State under Section 6042, Code of 1930, “in connection with lands sold to the state for taxes” and prayed for a writ of mandamus directing the auditor to issue to her a warrant on the…