State Ex Rel. Jordan v. Sims

Riley, Judge:

W: B. Jordan, Lena Jordan, Betty Lou Jordan, and: W. B. Jordan, Jr., brought this original proceeding in *168mandamus to compel Edgar B. Sims, Auditor of the State of West Virginia, to issue a warrant upon the state treasurer for the payment to the relator, W. B. Jordan, of one thousand dollars, and to each of the other relators two hundred fifty dollars, for which the Legislature, at its Regular Session in 1949, had appropriated in its budget bill, contained in Chapter 9, Acts of the Legislature, 1949, enacted into law on March 12, 1949, and effective from its passage. This…