State ex rel. Henderson v. Burdick
Wyoming Supreme Court
This was an action in mandamus brought on the relation of Harry B. Henderson against Charles W. Burdick as State auditor, to require the issuance of a warrant in payment of the salary of relator as State examiner for the month of April, 1893. It was an amicable proceeding to determine whether or not there had been an appropriation by law of the amount of said salary sufficient to authorize the auditor to issue a warrant therefor when earned.
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This was an action in mandamus brought on the relation of Harry B. Henderson against Charles W. Burdick as State auditor, to require the issuance of a warrant in payment of the salary of relator as State examiner for the month of April, 1893. It was an amicable proceeding to determine whether or not there had been an appropriation by law of the amount of said salary sufficient to authorize the auditor to issue a warrant therefor when earned. The auditor had endorsed upon the claim as presented the following: “The salary of the State examiner is a legal and just claim against the State of…
1Opinion of the Court
Groesbeck, Chiee Justice.
This proceeding invokes the original jurisdiction of this court, and is submitted on the -petition of the relator for the writ and the demurrer thereto. The following facts appear from the petition: The relator is the duly and regularly appointed and qualified State Examiner of the State of Wyoming, and was such during the entire month of April,-1893. On *274the 18th day of May, 1893, he presented to the auditor of the State his bill and voucher duly verified, against the State for the sum of $166.66, the amount of his salary as State Examiner for the month of April last…
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- In re Appropriations by General AssemblySupreme Court of Colorado · 1889
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