STATE v. COUNTY COURT OF PUTNAM COUNTY

No. 12173.

125 S.E.2d 417 (1962)

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. W. E. GOODWIN et al. v. The COUNTY COURT OF PUTNAM COUNTY, a Corporation, Harold Brown, Its President, et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided April 27, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dean E. Lewis, Charleston, for relators.

Clarence L. Watt, Pros. Atty., Nitro, for respondents.


BERRY, Judge.

This Court, on the petition of the relators, granted a rule in mandamus requiring the respondents to show cause why a writ of mandamus should not be awarded against them requiring them to set aside the appointment made by the respondents of Democratic election commissioners and poll clerks in all the precincts of Putnam County, West Virginia, for the primary election to be held on May 8, 1962.

The Democratic County Executive Committee of Putnam...

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