Corwin v. Comptroller General
Supreme Court of South Carolina
This was a petition to the Supreme Court, entitled “ The State of South Carolina, ox relatione Henry C. Corwin, against Thomas C. Dunn, Comptroller General of the State of South Carolina,” praying for a writ of mandamus to issue to the petitioner four warrants pursuant to the provisions of the Act of March, 1875, “to provide for the settlement and redemption of certain claims against the State,” in payment of a certain pay certificate owned by the petitioner which had been…
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This was a petition to the Supreme Court, entitled “ The State of South Carolina, ox relatione Henry C. Corwin, against Thomas C. Dunn, Comptroller General of the State of South Carolina,” praying for a writ of mandamus to issue to the petitioner four warrants pursuant to the provisions of the Act of March, 1875, “to provide for the settlement and redemption of certain claims against the State,” in payment of a certain pay certificate owned by the petitioner which had been audited and allowed by the Commission on Claims sittingunder the authority of said Act. A rule to show cause was issued,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the' Court was delivered by
Moses, C. J.
The return of the respondent to the rule requiring him to show cause why the writ of mandamus should not issue contests the validity of the Act under which the relator seeks to enforce his alleged right: First, because it was not passed in conformity with the mode prescribed by the Constitution; and, second, if not obnoxious to the said objection, it is void because in conflict with the tenth Section of the first Article of the Constitution of the United States. The question arising under the first exception involves the rights and powers…
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