MABSCOTT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT. v. HOUCK

No. 19366.

399 S.E.2d 180 (1990)

MABSCOTT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, INC., a Corporation v. Wayne HOUCK, Mayor; Kelly Blankenship, Roy Davis, Grover Smith, Victor Lowen, and Jesse Farley, Council Members; and Charles Thomson, Police Chief of the Town of Mabscott, and The Town of Mabscott, a Municipal Corporation.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

November 9, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Truman Sayre, Jr., Sayre & Sayre, Beckley, for Wayne Houck and Kelly Blankenship, et al.

Warren A. Thornhill, III, Beckley, for Mabscott Volunteer Fire Dept.


BROTHERTON, Justice:

This proceeding involves an appeal by the Town of Mabscott from the January 12, 1989, order of the Circuit Court of Raleigh County which denied the appellant's motion for a directed verdict, a new trial, and a motion to reconsider, clarify, and modify the verdict.

The suit below was initiated by the Mabscott Volunteer Fire Department (MVFD) after the governing body of the Town of Mabscott attempted to dissolve the MVFD and appoint a new...

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