State ex rel. Jamison v. Forsyth
Wyoming Supreme Court
ORIGINAL proceeding in mandamus. The action was brought in the name of the state on the relation of Claude E. Jamison against Robert B. Forsyth, State Auditor, to require the payment of a claim of the relator out of an alleged existing appropriation for the office of state geologist. The case was heard upon a demurrer to the petition, it being conceded that all facts were fully and correctly set forth therein. The material facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Potter, Justice.
The original jurisdiction of this court is invoked in this case. It is an action seeking a peremptory writ of mandamus requiring the defendant as State Auditor to allow the bill and voucher of the relator for the sum of five dollars and issue to the relator a warrant for that amount upon the State Treasurer in payment of said bill. The case has been presented upon a demurrer to the petition and it is conceded that all the facts have been fully and correctly set forth in the petition. The question involved is the effect of the action of the Governor in approving a part of an…
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