Holmes v. Frohmiller

This is an original proceeding in mandamus by L. C. Holmes, Sam W. Proctor and Lynn Lockhart, members of the Industrial Commission of Arizona, to compel Ana Frohmiller, State Auditor, to issue warrants on the state treasurer for their salaries at the rate of five thousand dollars per annum instead of four thousand dollars, or, rather, for the difference between these two sums.

Under the law, the members of the commission are appointed by the governor, by and with the advice of the Senate, for a term of six years, but such terms are not coterminous, each being so appointed as that the term of…