Wayne County v. Auditor General

Wayne county by its board of auditors has brought mandamus to compel the State auditor general to draw and deliver to that county a warrant on the State treasurer for $679,062.81, claiming it has been deprived of that amount by reason of an alleged unlawful distribution of highway funds among the several counties of the State. The defendant asserts that the funds have been distributed in accordance with statutory provisions, and that nothing has been unlawfully withheld from plaintiff. Determination necessitates a construction of Act No. 302, Pub. Acts 1915 (1 Comp. Laws 1915, § 4797 et…