Capito v. Topping
West Virginia Supreme Court
Separate original applications for peremptory writs of mandamus by Charles Capito, Howard Sutherland, and Z. M. Reese to be directed to C. L. Topping, Clerk of the House of Delegates.
1Opinion of the Court
Poffenbarger Judge:
Ciras. Capito applied to this Court for a peremptory writ of mandamus, 'to compel C. L. Topping, Clerk of the House of Delegates, to certify and deliver to him a copy of a certain document, known and designated in the legislative proceedings, as Senate Bill Ho. 162, a hill to amend and re-enact a certain statute, constituting the 'charter of the city of Charleston, as an act passed by the legislature. Howard Sutherland applied for two such writs, commanding said Topping to certify two other documents, relating to roads, as having become laws. Z. M. Reese also asked such a…
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