Cunningham v. Squires
West Virginia Supreme Court
This was an application by Cunningham to the supreme court of appeals for a writ of prohibition to the circuit court of Braxton county to prohibit that court from supervising by means of certiorari the action of the board of supervisors in the matter of a contested election for clerk of the circuit court of said county. The application was based upon a suggestion in writing supported by affidavit.
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This was an application by Cunningham to the supreme court of appeals for a writ of prohibition to the circuit court of Braxton county to prohibit that court from supervising by means of certiorari the action of the board of supervisors in the matter of a contested election for clerk of the circuit court of said county. The application was based upon a suggestion in writing supported by affidavit. Squires appeared by attorney and waived notice and a rule nisi, and contested the motion upon its merits.
1Opinion of the Court
Beown, President.
This is an application by Cunningham to this court for a writ of prohibition to the circuit court of Braxton to prohibit that court from supervising, by means of certiorari, the action of the board in the matter of a contested election for clerk of said circuit court. The application is based upon a suggestion in writing supported by affidavit. Squires appeared by attorney and waived notice and a rule nisi, and contested the motion upon its merits.
For the application it was contended that the board of supervisors was not an inferior tribunal within the meaning of the…
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