Legal Opinion

Stockman v. Leddy

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided April 15, 1912No. 7746PublishedCited by 36 opinions

En Banc. Error to District Court, City and County of Denver. — Hon. Gbeeley W. Whitfobd, Judge. Mandamus by Louis R. Stockman against Michael A. Leddy, State Auditor. Writ denied, and plaintiff brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

Hon. O. J. Campbell

delivered the opinion of the court:

The immediate object of this action in mandamus by Stockman against the Auditor of State is to compel the latter to issue to him a warrant in the sum of $55.75 for services which he rendered to a joint legislative committee created by an act of our general assembly. Session laws of 1911, p. 671, c. 227. The principal purpose of the action, however, appears to be to determine the constitutionality of the statute. The first section creates a joint legislative committee, “consisting of three members of the Senate and three members of the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Kansas v. ColoradoSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
  2. United States v. Rio Grande Dam & Irrigation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1899
  3. Rickey Land & Cattle Co. v. Miller & LuxSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
  4. State ex rel. University of Utah v. CandlandUtah Supreme Court · 1909
  5. Newman v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1896

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3Cited by36 opinions

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