Lachance v. Auditor General
Michigan Supreme Court
Mandamus. Relator applies for mandamus to compel respondent to-draw his warrant on the State treasury to pay relator’s claim for burial expenses, etc., as allowed by the circuit court, under the statute. The facts are stated in the-opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, J.
Relator applied to the Auditor General for a warrant on the State treasury for the amount of *565his claim as a justice in holding an inquest on the body of a stranger, and for the expenses of burial. The claim was regularly presented to the circuit court, and testimony introduced concerning its items, and the claim presented to the Auditor General is the one audited by the circuit court.
Upon receipt of the claim the Auditor, by his deputy, objected to some of the items as larger than was necessary, .and passed some strictures on the circuit court for acting without notifying the State; and in…
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