State Ex Rel. County Court of Cabell County v. Battle

Berry, President:

These two mandamus proceedings, instituted under the original jurisdiction of this Court, were consolidated for disposition because the issue in both cases is identical. The object of these proceedings is to compel the State Tax Commissioner, G. Thomas Battle, hereinafter referred to as the Commissioner, to approve an item in the Levy Estimate, or budget, of the County Court of Cabell County in the sum of $4,000 as additional compensation for the Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, and an item in the Levy Estimate, or budget, of the County Court of Wyoming County in the…