Wise v. Bigger
Supreme Court of Virginia
Upon petition of John S. Wise for a writ of mandamus to compel John Bell Bigger, clerk of the house of delegates and keeper of the rolls of Virginia, to strike from the rolls the act entitled, “ An act to apportion the representation of the state of Virginia in the congress of the United States,” in force on 22d day of February, 1884, and to compel Rush U. Derr, superintendent of public printing, to omit said act from the acts of the general assembly for 1883-84. Opinion…
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Upon petition of John S. Wise for a writ of mandamus to compel John Bell Bigger, clerk of the house of delegates and keeper of the rolls of Virginia, to strike from the rolls the act entitled, “ An act to apportion the representation of the state of Virginia in the congress of the United States,” in force on 22d day of February, 1884, and to compel Rush U. Derr, superintendent of public printing, to omit said act from the acts of the general assembly for 1883-84. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtFauntleroy, J.
Upon the petition of John S. Wise, a citizen of Richmond, Virginia, representing that he is a qualified voter therein, and now representative in congress from the state of Virginia at large, and, as such, interested in having the proper representation in congress to which the state is entitled, secured to him, in common with other citizens, as also his right to vote for a representative at large from said state, or himself to be voted for as a candidate for such office; that he is aggrieved and injured, and his rights aforesaid endangered by the wrongful enrollment among the laws of Virginia,…
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