State ex Rel. Fouche v. Verner
Supreme Court of South Carolina
This was an application for mandamus, submitted to this court in its original jurisdiction. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Justice McIver.
By this petition, this court .is asked, in the .exercise of its original jurisdiction, to issue a writ of mandamus, directed to John S. Verner, as comptroller general, Joseph H. Earle, as attorney general, and J. Q. Marshall, as secretary of State, requiring them to approve the application of the petitioner for a pension, under the provisions of the act of December 24, 1887 (19 Stat., 826), entitled “An act to provide for the relief of certain soldiers, sailors, and widows of soldiers or sailors of the late war between the States.”…
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- Addison v. LoudonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1928
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