Woodall v. Darst
West Virginia Supreme Court
Petition for mandamus by A. W. Woodall to compel the issue of an Auditor’s warrant under a legislative appropriation, to which John S. Darst, State Auditor demurred.
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, Judge:
This is a mandamus proceeding to compel the auditor to issue his warrant in favor of relator upon the treasurer for $2,500 which was appropriated out of the state revenues by an act of the extraordinary session of the Legislature which convened February 23, 1907. The appropriation to him was included in the general appropriation act, entitled, “A BILL making appropriations of public money to pay general charges upon the treasury.” So much of the act as relates to the appropriation made to relator reads as follows: “For A. W. Woodall, member of Co. M., 2nd Regiment West…
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