Case Name: THURBER vs. WHITTEMORE (State Treasurer)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1852
Citations: 1 McGrath 1010
Docket Number: 
Parties: THURBER vs. WHITTEMORE (State Treasurer),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 1010–1010

Head Matter:
THURBER vs. WHITTEMORE (State Treasurer),
2 M., 307.

Opinion:
To compel respondent to pay to relator, who was speaker of the house of representatives, the sum of $97, for services as a member of the legislature, upon a certificate drawn and signed by the clerk of the house, and countersigned hy relator as such speaker.
Denied 1852.
Held, that under Secs. 15 and 17, of Art IV, of the constitution, the speaker of the house is entitled to the same compensation as representatives, and cannot, as speaker, receive any additional per diem or mileage.