State ex rel. Wattam v. Poindexter
North Dakota Supreme Court
Action of mandamus in District Court, Nuessle, J. From an order sustaining a motion to quash the petition, the petitioners have appealed. “There is no doubt in the power of either branch of Congress or legislature to appoint a committee of investigation without concurrence of the other branch, to act during the session.”
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Action of mandamus in District Court, Nuessle, J. From an order sustaining a motion to quash the petition, the petitioners have appealed. “There is no doubt in the power of either branch of Congress or legislature to appoint a committee of investigation without concurrence of the other branch, to act during the session.” Re Chapman, 166 U. S. 66i; 41 D. Ed. 1154; Anderson v. Dunn, 6 Wheat. 204; Ex Parte Dalton, 44 Ohio State, 142. This Court has said: “The contemporaneous construction placed thereon (referring to a statute under consideration) by the various administrative officers and boards…
1Opinion of the Court
STATEMENT
Bronson, J.
The relators seek to compel the State Auditor to issue certain warrants. They have appealed from an order sustaining a demurrer to the petition for mandamus.
This petition alleges, in part, that on January 29, 1921, the House of Representatives adopted a resolution for the appointment of a special House committee to consider an audit of the state bank and state industries and to secure such information and data as was desirable; it empowered the committee to procure such legal assistance, such accounting experts, and such other expert and other aid and assistance as the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Kilbourn v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- In Re ChapmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- State ex rel. Standish v. BoucherNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1893
- Ex Parte WoltersCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1911
- State ex rel. Birdzell v. JorgensonNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1913
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