STATE v. BLACK

No. 12383.

139 S.E.2d 166 (1964)

STATE ex rel. Pearl BESS et al., etc. v. Frank BLACK et al., etc., and the County Court of Cabell Co., W. Va., a Corp.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided October 23, 1964.

Written Opinion Filed December 1, 1964.

Dissenting Opinion December 7, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley E. Preiser, W. Dale Greene, Charleston, for relator.

Carl A. McComas, Huntington, for respondents.


BROWNING, Judge:

Petitioners, averring themselves to be eleven qualified voters and residents of Cabell County, West Virginia, instituted this original proceeding in this Court in behalf of themselves and 8,752 other qualified voters and residents of Cabell County seeking a writ of mandamus to compel the respondents, the individual members of the County Court of Cabell County and the County Court of Cabell County, to enter an order calling a local option election...

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