Moore v. Sheppard, Comp.

This is an original action in this Court, in which petitioners, R. E. Moore and three other clerks of Courts of Civil Appeals, seek a mandamus to compel respondent, George H. Sheppard, Comptroller of Public Accounts, to issue warrants on the State Treasury in payment of their salaries. Upon being informed by the State Auditor that petitioners were indebted to the State, respondent declined to issue the warrants, because of Article 4350, R. C. S., which provides: “No warrant shall be be issued to any person indebted to the State * *

The indebtedness referred to, and which presents the sole…