State Ex Rel. St. Clair v. Marinari

Browning, President:

In this original proceeding, E. L. St. Clair, in his own right and as a commissioner and president of the County Court of McDowell County, seeks a writ of prohibition inhibiting the respondent judge of the Circuit Court of McDowell County from accepting and approving the bond and security of the respondent, Walter E. Basham, as a commissioner of the County Court of McDowell County, “and/or” prohibiting respondent, Walter E. Basham, from acting as a commissioner of the County Court of McDowell County. The petition alleges that: immediately prior to November 18, 1964, the…