WITT v. HARTMAN

No. 8991.

477 P.2d 608 (1970)

Boston E. WITT, Special Assistant Attorney General, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Edward M. Hartman, Director, Department of Finance and Administration of the State of New Mexico, Respondent-Appellee.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

December 7, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Standley, Witt & Quinn, Sante Fe, for petitioner-appellant.

James A. Maloney, Atty. Gen., Ray H. Shollenbarger, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for respondent-appellee.


OPINION

WATSON, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order quashing an alternative writ of mandamus by which respondent-appellee had been directed to approve a reimbursement voucher and issue warrants in payment of per diem and airplane fare covering petitioner-appellant's out-of-state travel, or to show cause why he had not done so.

Appellant contends that appellee has a clear ministerial duty (i.e., the...

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