State ex rel. Wilder
Supreme Court of Missouri
Mandamus. (1) The Auditor’s refusal to draw his warrant for the payment of the costs involved in this suit was based wholly upon the view that under the law all costs accruing in the juvenile court should be paid by the city of St. Louis. There is no controversy about the facts.
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Mandamus. (1) The Auditor’s refusal to draw his warrant for the payment of the costs involved in this suit was based wholly upon the view that under the law all costs accruing in the juvenile court should be paid by the city of St. Louis. There is no controversy about the facts. Such being the ease, if the costs are propprly chargeable against the State, the Auditor’s duty to allow the cost bill and draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer is purely ministerial and mandamus is a proper remedy to enforce the performance of such duty. State ex rel. v. Gibson, 184 Mo. 507. (2) The defendant in…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, J.
The petition of Patrick H. Clarke, sheriff of the city of St. Louis, was filed in this court on the — day of October, 1905, in which he prayed for an alternative writ of mandamus against William W. Wilder, State Auditor, to compel the drawing of a warrant upon the State Treasurer in payment of certain criminal costs hereinafter referred to. On the 20th of October, 1905, the alternative writ was issued from this court returnable to the April term. To this alternative writ the. State Auditor,' acting through the Attorney-General, filed a demurrer on April 10, *311906, and the cause is for…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- State ex rel. Reid v. WalbridgeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
- Manker v. FaulhaberSupreme Court of Missouri · 1887
- Shed v. Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1878
- State ex rel. Dalton v. HillSupreme Court of Missouri · 1880
- Crouch v. PlummerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1853
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- City of Cedar Rapids v. Linn CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1978
- State ex rel. Waterworth v. ClarkSupreme Court of Missouri · 1918
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