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BUTTON v. DAY

132 S.E.2d 292 (1963)

204 Va. 547

Robert Y. BUTTON, Attorney General of Virginia v. Sidney C. DAY, Jr., Comptroller of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

September 11, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Simmonds, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen. (Robert Y. Button, Atty. Gen., Kenneth C. Patty, Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief), for petitioner.

Edward L. Breeden, Jr., Norfolk (Robert R. MacMillan, James H. Flippen, Jr., Breeden, Howard & MacMillan, Norfolk, on brief), for respondent.

John C. Parker, Franklin (John S. Battle, Charlottesville, John C. Parker, Franklin, Samuel H. Williams, Lynchburg, on brief), intervenors for Virginia State Bar.

J. Sloan Kuykendall, Winchester (Hannibal N. Joyce, Martinsville, Curry Carter, Staunton, John B. Boatwright, Sr., Buckingham, Paul M. Shuford, Richmond, John Alexander, Warrenton, Wayt B. Timberlake, Jr., Staunton George E. Haw, Sr., Richmond, J. Sloan Kuykendall, Winchester, on brief), intervenors as members of Virginia State Bar.

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

BUCHANAN, Justice.

The Attorney General filed in this court, under § 8-714 of the Code, his petition for a writ of mandamus to require the Comptroller to issue warrants on the State Treasurer for the payment of amounts authorized by the proper official of the Virginia State Bar, pursuant to the Rules for Integration of the Virginia State Bar. The Comptroller had notified the Attorney General by letter that he entertained doubt as to the authority of the Bar to...

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