State Ex Rel. Dean v. Brandjord

Submitted April 22, 1939. Mandamus ? State and County Boards of Public Welfare ? Old Age Assistance ? Insufficiency of Legislative Appropriations ? Emergency ? Appeal to State Board of Examiners for Additional Funds ? Constitutional Law ? ""Appropriations Made by Law"" ? Definition ? Statutes and Statutory Construction ? Discretion in State Administrative Boards. Statutes ? When Supreme Court will not Pass upon Constitutionality of Statutes. 1. The supreme court will not pass upon the constitutionality of a statute unless necessary to a decision in the case before it; in the instant case Chapter 40, Laws of 1937.