HARRISON v. DAY


107 S.E.2d 594 (1959)

200 Va. 764

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

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

March 16, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George D. Gibson, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen. (A. S. Harrison, Jr., Atty. Gen, Clarence F. Hicks, Asst. Atty. Gen, George C. Freeman, Jr., Hunton, Williams, Gay, Moore & Powell, Richmond on the brief), for petitioner.

Aubrey R. Bowles, Jr., Richmond (Jack N. Herod, Bowles, Anderson, Boyd, Clarke & Herod, Richmond, on the brief), for respondent.

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


SNEAD, Justice.

Pursuant to § 8-714, Code 1950, A. S. Harrison, Jr., Attorney General of Virginia, filed in this court on October 7, 1958 an original petition for a writ of mandamus against Sidney C. Day, Jr., Comptroller of Virginia, to compel him to issue warrants to pay expenses incurred by the Virginia State Ports Authority incidental to the development and operation of port facilities in Hampton Roads.

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