KIRK v. CARTER


117 S.E.2d 135 (1960)

202 Va. 335

Henderson KIRK et al. v. Honorable E. T. CARTER, Judge, etc., et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

November 28, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glen M. Williams, Jonesville, R. C. Shannon, Appalachia, Hugh P. Cline, Norton, on the brief for petitioners.

Edgar Bacon, Jonesville, Fred B. Greear, Greear, Bowen, Mullins & Winston, Norton, on the brief for respondents.

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


PER CURIAM.

The petitioners filed in this court their petition for a writ of mandamus to require the three-judge court, appointed pursuant to § 24-431 of the Code, 1960 Cum.Supp., to hear and determine an election contest in Lee county, instituted by the petitioners under Chapter 16 of Title 24 of the 1950 Code, § 24-419 ff. The contest involved the offices of clerk, sheriff, Commonwealth's attorney, treasurer and commissioner of revenue of the county...

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