Fugate v. Weston

For the reasons here stated, I dissent from the conclusion of the majority.

This is a petition for mandamus filed by Charles D. Fugate, averring that by authority of section 366 of the Tax Code of Virginia the Honorable John Garland Pollard, Governor of Virginia, issued an executive order whereby he suspended J. M. Weston, as treasurer of Lee county, Virginia, for causes stated in the order, hereinafter quoted; that the Governor had appointed and commissioned the petitioner as the successor of Weston for the time of suspension, with power to collect the taxes and public revenues of the county…