Board of Public Works v. Gannt
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Rickmond city, rendered 8tk July, 1882, in tke two consolidated causes of Henry B. Gannt and William L. Royall, plaintiffs, v. William E. Cameron, S. Brown Allen, D. R. Reveley, individually and as members of the board of public works of Virginia; said Cameron, F. S. Blair, attorney-general, and R. R. Farr, as members of the board of education; said Allen, and Reveley, and H. H. Dyson, as commissioners of the sinking fund; said Allen,…
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Appeal from decree of circuit court of Rickmond city, rendered 8tk July, 1882, in tke two consolidated causes of Henry B. Gannt and William L. Royall, plaintiffs, v. William E. Cameron, S. Brown Allen, D. R. Reveley, individually and as members of the board of public works of Virginia; said Cameron, F. S. Blair, attorney-general, and R. R. Farr, as members of the board of education; said Allen, and Reveley, and H. H. Dyson, as commissioners of the sinking fund; said Allen, as auditor of public accounts ; said Reveley, as treasurer of the State; said Dyson, as second auditor; said Farr, as…
1Opinion of the CourtStaples, J.
The subject of controversy in this case is the sum of $500,000, proceeds of the sale of the State’s interest in the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio railroad.
The sale was made by the board of public works, on the *46010th day of February, 1881, subject to the ratification of the legislature, which was obtained the 9th of February, 1882. By an act passed March 5, 1882, the sum of $100,000, part of the $500,000, was appropriated to the “ Normal and Collegiate Institute,” a State institution, incorporated by the legislature. The amount thus appropriated was directed to be retained by the public…
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