State Ex Rel. West Virginia Board of Education v. Sims

Riley, Judge:

In this original proceeding in mandamus instituted by the State of West Virginia at the relation of the West Virginia Board of Education, a public corporation, the petitioner seeks to require the respondent, Edgar B. Sims, Auditor of the State of West Virginia, to honor a requisition, known as Transmittal No. 390, dated February 3, 1954, submitted by John L. Egle, Business Manager of Shepherd College, a State educational institution, drawn on Account No. 3240, Personal Service, in the amount of $242.77, for the purpose of paying Sarah Helen Cree, Professor of Physical Education…