Almond v. Day

This is a petition for a writ of mandamus filed by the Attorney General of Virginia against the State Comptroller to determine the validity of the provision in Code, § 33-253, as amended by Acts 1954, ch. 319, p. 389, authorizing the State Highway Commission to provide “bus facilities for the transportation of passengers through or over” the bridge-tunnel project being constructed across Hampton Roads. When the Comptroller expressed doubt as to the constitutionality of the provision and his authority to issue warrants upon the State Treasury for the payment of the cost of such facilities, the…