Morgan v. Buffington
Supreme Court of Missouri
Application for a Mandamus. This is an application to the Supreme Court by John E. Morgan, a member of the house of representatives, of the eighteenth general assembly, for a mandamus, directed to the auditor of public accounts, requiring him to draw his warrant on the state treasurer for an amount certified by the speaker of the house of representatives, to be due to the said John E. Morgan, as a compensation for services as member of said house.
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Application for a Mandamus. This is an application to the Supreme Court by John E. Morgan, a member of the house of representatives, of the eighteenth general assembly, for a mandamus, directed to the auditor of public accounts, requiring him to draw his warrant on the state treasurer for an amount certified by the speaker of the house of representatives, to be due to the said John E. Morgan, as a compensation for services as member of said house. The facts of the case sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. It was contended in behalf of the applicant, that the adjournment of the…
1Opinion of the CourtScott, Judge
This case comes to us on an agreed statement, and the parties have submitted that the opinion of the court may be given on the facts as represented in the petition and the accompanying papers, without the formality of a mandamus in the alternative on the auditor.
The application has found us in the midst of a laborious session, and a speedy determination of the question being solicited, we are prevented from going into a lengthy argument in support of the view we entertain in relation to the important question submitted for our determination.
It appears that the petitioner, John E. Morgan, a…
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