Scroggie v. Scarborough, State Treasurer

September 16, 1931. The opinion of the Court was delivered by This action, instituted in the original jurisdiction of the Court, was brought by the petitioner, a citizen and taxpayer, against the respondent Scarborough, as State Treasurer, for the purpose of having him permanently enjoined from paying certain vouchers or checks issued to the members of the General Assembly as expense money in accordance with an appropriation made by that body at its 1931 session. When the matter came on for hearing, the Court ordered the petitioner to amend his pleading by making one or more persons of each…