Bailey v. Oviatt
Supreme Court of Vermont
Petition for mandamus. The case is fully stated in tbe opinion. The joint resolution authorizes by necessary implication, the committee to employ a clerk and stenographer.
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Petition for mandamus. The case is fully stated in tbe opinion. The joint resolution authorizes by necessary implication, the committee to employ a clerk and stenographer. The direction to “investigate fully all and singular the matters above referred to,” the power “ to send for persons and papers and to employ counsel to prosecute the investigation to its fullest extent,” necessarily confers the power to make use of the usual means and methods to carry out the pu'rpose of their appointment. I do not deem the question at all important, whether the committee had power to employ the defendant…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Ross, J.
This is a petition for a writ of mandamus. The relators are a committee from the senate and house of representatives of 1872, appointed under, and deriving their authority from, the following joint resolution : “ Resolved, That a committee of three senators and three members of the house be appointed respectively by the president of the senate and by the speaker of the house, to inquire whether or not it is true that in A. D. 1869, or at any time before or since that time, money was paid directly or indirectly by any trustee, manager, receiver,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Walter v. BeldingSupreme Court of Vermont · 1853
3Cited by4 opinions
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