Flanagan v. Central Lunatic Asylum
Supreme Court of Virginia
Upon petition for writ of mandamus, by William M. Flanagan-—a member of board of directors of Central Lunatic Asylum, appointed by the governor of this commonwealth, under act of the general assembly approved February 15, 1882, to serve three years from March 1, 1882, and who had been removed from that office by an order of the governor, dated February 5, 1882-—against the said'board and W. H. Wilkerson, appointed to succeed petitioner, to compel them to show, cause why said…
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Upon petition for writ of mandamus, by William M. Flanagan-—a member of board of directors of Central Lunatic Asylum, appointed by the governor of this commonwealth, under act of the general assembly approved February 15, 1882, to serve three years from March 1, 1882, and who had been removed from that office by an order of the governor, dated February 5, 1882-—against the said'board and W. H. Wilkerson, appointed to succeed petitioner, to compel them to show, cause why said board should not recognize petitioner’s right to hold said office. By act approved February 18, 1884 (Acts 1883-4, p.…
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
This is a petition of one of the directors of the Central Lunatic Asylum, presented on the 14th of February, 1883, alleging that he had been unlawfully removed from the said board of directors by an order of the governor of this commonwealth, and that the said board had since that time refused to recognize him as a member of the board, and praying a writ of mandamus against , the members of said board, to compel them to receive and recognize him as a member of said board, upon the ground that the governor was without lawful authority to remove the members of the board appointed by him. This…
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