State ex rel. Davis v. Edwards

On the 29th day of June, 1907, Justin E. Davis (hereinafter styled “petitioner”) made an application to this court for an alternative writ of mandate to be directed to J. A. Edwards, as State Auditor of the state of Utah (hereinafter designated “respondent”)', in which the petitioner asked that said respondent show cause why a peremptory writ should not issue against him requiring him to> allow a certain claim' against the state, and in favor of petitioner, and to issue a warrant upon the State Treasurer for the amount claimed. The petitioner based his claim upon certain facts which, in his *245pe…