STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA v. O'BRIEN

No. 10843.

94 S.E.2d 446 (1956)

The STATE of West Virginia ex rel. The BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY v. D. Pitt O'BRIEN, as Secretary of State of the State of West Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided October 9, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Thompson, Montgomery, Douglas Bowers, Beckley, for relator.

John G. Fox, Atty. Gen., Charles R. McElwee, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


GIVEN, Judge.

In this original proceeding in mandamus the Board of Governors of West Virginia University, a corporation created by the Legislature, seeks a peremptory writ requiring the defendant, D. Pitt O'Brien, Secretary of State, to place the Great Seal of the State on and attest a certain bond in the amount of one thousand dollars, being one of a series of bonds aggregating ten million dollars proposed to be issued by the board of governors of West Virginia University...

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