State ex rel. West Virginia Housing Development Fund v. Waterhouse

Caplan, Chief Justice:

Invoking the original jurisdiction of this Court, a petitioner, The West Virginia Housing Development Fund, a public corporation, hereinafter sometimes referred to as the Housing Fund, seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the respondent, John Waterhouse, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the aforesaid Housing Development Fund, to execute on behalf of the Fund, certain agreements, mortgage finance bonds and Series C Notes. Although Mr. Waterhouse was authorized, empowered and directed by lawfully adopted resolutions of the members of the Board of Directors of the Fund…