State Ex Rel. Brotherton v. Blankenship

Caplan, Justice:

Invoking the original jurisdiction of this Court, the petitioners, William T. Brotherton, Jr., as a Member and President of the Senate of West Virginia, and Lewis N. McManus, as a Member and Speaker of the House of Delegates of West Virginia, and as citizens and taxpayers of said State, seek a writ to require the respondent, C. A. Blankenship, Clerk of the House of Delegates, and as such, the keeper of the rolls and custodian of the acts and joint resolutions of the Legislature, “to publish the true Budget Act in such manner as to include the full and lawful amounts…