HARRISON v. DAY


106 S.E.2d 636 (1959)

200 Va. 439

Albertis S. HARRISON, Jr., Attorney General of Virginia, v. Sidney C. DAY, Jr., Comptroller of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

Rehearing Denied March 11, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. S. Harrison, Jr., Atty. Gen., R. D. McIlwaine, III, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Kenneth C. Patty, Asst. Atty. Gen., on the brief), for petitioner.

Samuel H. Williams, Lynchburg, for respondent.

Before EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, WHITTLE, SNEAD and I'ANSON, JJ.


EGGLESTON, Chief Justice.

This is a petition for a writ of mandamus filed in this court by the Attorney General against the Comptroller, pursuant to Code, § 8-714, to determine the validity of a number of related acts of the General Assembly affecting the operation of the public schools throughout the Commonwealth. The proceeding was instituted when the Comptroller, in a letter to the Attorney General, expressed doubt as to the validity of certain provisions...

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