Ex parte Pickett
Supreme Court of Alabama
Application for a mandamus, by Richard O. Pickett, who was at the time a member of the House of Representatives, from Lawrence, against William Garrett, the Speaker of said House, to compel him to certify to the Comptroller of Public Accounts the amount to which the petitioner was entitled, for mileage, or per diem compensation, or both, accruing to him during the recess of the General Assembly, between the 20th of December, 1853, and the 8th of January, 1854. The Speaker…
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Application for a mandamus, by Richard O. Pickett, who was at the time a member of the House of Representatives, from Lawrence, against William Garrett, the Speaker of said House, to compel him to certify to the Comptroller of Public Accounts the amount to which the petitioner was entitled, for mileage, or per diem compensation, or both, accruing to him during the recess of the General Assembly, between the 20th of December, 1853, and the 8th of January, 1854. The Speaker admitted the facts stated in the petition, and consented that the court should, without further notice or delay, decide…
1Opinion of the CourtChilton, C. J.
This is an application by Richard O. Pickett, a member of the House of Representatives, for a writ of mandamus against William Garrett, the Speaker of said House, requiring him, as such Speaker, to certify to the Comptroller of Public Accounts the amount insisted by the petitioner to be due to him for mileage, or per diem, or both, which accrued to him between the period of the adjournment of the General Assembly on the 20th December, 1853, and its reassembling on the 9th January, 1854.
We have had some difficulty as respects the jurisdiction of this court of original applications like the…
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