State Ex Rel. Utterback v. Sims

Haymond, Judge:

In this original proceeding in mandamus the petitioner, Mrs. A. W. Utterback, seeks a writ from this Court to’ compel the defendant, the Honorable Edgar B. Sims, Auditor of the State of West Virginia, to issue a warrant in due form upon the State Treasurer for the payment of a legislative appropriation in favor of the petitioner for $2,000.00. The claim of the petitioner against the State Road Commission, for the payment of which the appropriation was made, is for compensation for personal injuries sustained by the petitioner as a result of a collision between an automobile…