Peay v. Nolan

The Legislature of 1927 appropriated $750' as expenses to each member of the General Assembly and directed the Treasurer to pay it. The complainant, as a. citizen and taxpayer, filed the bill ag’ainst the Treasurer and Comptroller of the Treasury to enjoin the payment of the appropriation. The Chancellor sustained the defendants ’ motion to dissolve the injunction and dismiss the bill and complainant appealed.

Through complainant’s assignments of error it is insisted:

First, that Article 2, Section 23 of the Constitution, which prescribes the compensation of members of the General Assembly, by…