Legal Opinion

State Ex Rel. Walker v. Sawyer

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided May 24, 1916No. 9392PublishedCited by 12 opinions

In the Original Jurisdiction. April term, 1916. Petition for mandamus by the State, on the relation of N. F. Walker, as treasurer of the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind, against Carlton W. Sawyer, Comptroller General of South Carolina. cites: As to appropriation of public moneys: Const. 1895, art. IV, sec. 23. Regard to legislative intent: 99 S. C. 218; 96 S. C. 36; 86 S. C. 419; 87 S. C. 102. Evidence: 39 S. C. 3Ó7; 100 S. C. 165; 36 Cyc. 1138; 44 Cent.

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In the Original Jurisdiction. April term, 1916. Petition for mandamus by the State, on the relation of N. F. Walker, as treasurer of the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind, against Carlton W. Sawyer, Comptroller General of South Carolina. cites: As to appropriation of public moneys: Const. 1895, art. IV, sec. 23. Regard to legislative intent: 99 S. C. 218; 96 S. C. 36; 86 S. C. 419; 87 S. C. 102. Evidence: 39 S. C. 3Ó7; 100 S. C. 165; 36 Cyc. 1138; 44 Cent. Digest, Title, Statutes, par. 293. Construction: 86 S. C. 419; 101 S. C. 48. Provisos: 37 S. C. 401; 67 Me. 295, 299; 8 N.…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Hydrick.

Section 24 of the act to make appropriations to meet the expenses of the State government for the present fiscal year, as enrolled, ratified, and approved, reads:

Section 24. School for the Deaf and the Blind.

Item 1. Maintenance .....................$37,000 00

Item 2. Scholarships..................... 600 00

Item 3. Insurance ....................... 293 33

Item 4. Repairs and improvements.......... 2,000 00

Item 5. Repairs, main building (provided that $17,500.00 be appropriated in 1917, and $17,500.00 in 1918).. 10,000 00

Item 6. Shoe…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Stackhouse v. County Board of CommissionersSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1910
  2. State ex rel. Hoover v. Town CouncilSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1893
  3. Regents of State Hospital for Insane v. Sawyer, Comptroller GeneralSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1916

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Fulghum v. BleakleySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1935
  2. Cokeley v. Robert Lee, Inc.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1941
  3. State Ex Rel. McLeod v. MontgomerySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1964
  4. Lee v. LottCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1934
  5. Busby v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1984

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