Button v. State Corp. Commission
Supreme Court of Virginia
Original application for mandamus to State Corporation Commission.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
At a special term of this court, convened at the instance of the Governor of the Commonwealth, in the city of Richmond, July 31, 1906, a peremptory writ of mandamus was awarded, commanding the' State Corporation Commission to allow Joseph Button, who had been chosen commissioner of insurance for the State of Virginia by the General Assembly, and commissioned as such by the Governor, to qualify before them by taking the oaths of office and executing bond, as required by law.
The Commission had declined to permit the .petitioner to qualify, entertaining the opinion that the provision in the act…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- City of Lynchburg v. N. & W. R. R. Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1885
- Commonwealth v. Moore & GoodsonsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1875
- Day v. RobertsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1903
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