New York Court of Appeals
The People, on the Relation of Scott, Lieutenant Colonel of the Forty-First Regimental District, Against the…
September 5, 18538 N.Y. 317
Summary
The Court affirmed the lower court's mandamus ordering the Chenango County board of supervisors to issue warrants for the militia commutation tax, holding that the 1851 militia enrollment act was validly enacted, did not constitute a prohibited tax, conflicted with no federal law, and that the board possessed the authority to issue the warrants despite missing its annual meeting.