BYRD v. BOARD OF EDUC. OF MERCER COUNTY

No. 22962.

467 S.E.2d 142 (1995)

196 W.Va. 1

Joan BYRD, et al., Petitioners Below, Appellees, v. "The BOARD OF EDUCATION OF MERCER COUNTY" aka School Board of Mercer County, Respondent Below, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided December 13, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kimber Ratcliffe Warner, Princeton, for Appellees.

Kathryn R. Bayless, Bayless, McFadden & Cyrus, Princeton, for Mercer County Board of Education.

Howard E. Seufer, Jr., Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love, Parkersburg, for amici curiae.


WORKMAN, Justice:

The Mercer County Board of Education ("Board") appeals from the June 15, 1995, order of the Circuit Court of Mercer County finding a special levy approved by Mercer County voters to be invalid. Appellees, a group of Mercer County residents, challenged the levy through a writ of supersedeas for failure to delineate specific dollar amounts for each stated purpose on the levy ballot. After due consideration of this issue, we conclude that the circuit...

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