Taylor v. LEE, GOVERNOR

LATIMER, Justice.

On January 3, 1950, defendant J. Bracken Lee, Governor of the State of Utah, directed a letter to plaintiff Milton B. Taylor advising him that in accordance with Section 82C — 2—2, U. C. A., 1943, he, Taylor, was being removed as a member of the Commission of Finance. The reason assigned in the letter for the removal was that prior to the time the Governor assumed office Taylor as a member of the Commission had approved certain bond purchases from a local broker contrary to the intent and spirit of Section :82C — 2—34, U. C. A., 1943. The charge *305was predicated upon…