State ex rel. Dawes v. Bailey

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Allen, J.; This is an action brought in this court, by the attorney general, to compel , the defendant, as county clerk of Franklin county, to place on the tax rolls of that county the sum of $1,501.24, this being the share of taxes for the support of the state university apportioned to Fr’anklin county. The defendant moves to quash the alternative writ heretofore issued herein, on the ground that no valid levy was made by the legislature for this purpose.

By chapter 12 of the Laws of 1895, the legislature appropriated for current expenses of the…