Trehy v. Marye

This application for a writ of mandamus calls in question the action of the Auditor of Public Accounts in refusing to issue his warrant in favor of the petitioner, as clerk of the Corporation Court of the city of Norfolk, for $470.25, it being for fees claimed to be due him for entering in a suitable book, and transmitting to the Auditor, as provided by law, eighteen hundred and eighty-one certificates of fines with costs imposed by the Police Justice, and of costs of trial in cases of acquittal; it being contended by the petitioner that the Auditor has acted in violation of law, and should…