State Ex Rel. Troy v. Yelle

The relator seeks writs of mandate directed to the state auditor and the state treasurer. These will be discussed separately.

He seeks to compel the state auditor to refrain from issuing and to cancel nineteen registered general fund warrants written but not delivered, for the reason that there are already outstanding more than $400,000 of such warrants which cannot be paid for want of funds, and, therefore, the warrants in question are in excess of the constitutional debt limitation. It is admitted that these warrants are issued within, and pursuant to, appropriations made by the legislature…