Commonwealth Ex Rel. Short v. Woodward

Opinion by

Gawthrop, J.,

This is an appeal from a decree quashing a writ of alternative mandamus issued against a county controller.

John F. Short was the publisher of the Clearfield Republican, a newspaper published in the County of Clearfield. He published the election proclamation for the general election in the fall of 1923 and filed a petition for mandamus on the controller of the county to compel that officer to approve his bill for the sum of $110.50 for the balance for the publication of the election proclamation for the year 1923, and countersign the necessary warrant for payment…