State ex rel. Snyder v. Riggs

It is alleged in the petition of the appellant, that in October, 1864, the board of commissioners of Sullivan county duly made an order allowing to each person who should enlist in the army of the United States $300; that the relator became a soldier and entitled to that sum under the order of the board; that a warrant was issued therefor on the treasurer of the county, payable to the relator or bearer; that the warrant has never been paid, and that it has been lost. Prayer for a writ of mandate to compel payment of the warrant. The return to the alternative writ avers that the warrant was…