People Ex Rel. v. . Supervisors of Sullivan Co.

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The relator has a sufficient interest in the question to which this mandamus refers, to entitle him to promote the suit. The object which the writ is brought to secure is one of a merely public character. It is to bring the laws of the State to the actual knowledge of the citizens who are bound to obey them. This is sought to be secured by their publication in each county in the State, in two newspapers of opposite politics, and which fairly represent the two…