Miller v. Ayres

The Attorney General invokes- the original jurisdiction of this court, relying on Code § 8-714. We are asked to issue a peremptory writ of mandamus, requiring David B. Ayres, Jr., Comptroller of Virginia, to issue warrants upon the State Treasury for payment of such amounts as may be authorized by vouchers of the Commission on Local Debt for expenses incurred in rendering assistance to certain political subdivisions planning and marketing bond issues under the terms of Chapter 1 of the Acts of Assembly of 1970, pp. 3-4.

Also before us is a petition addressed to the court by the State…