State ex rel. Tenney v. Board of Education of Webster County

WORKMAN, Justice:

Petitioner, Garry R. Tenney, seeks a writ of mandamus for the purpose of ordering the Webster County Board of Education (Board) to hire petitioner as Webster County Superintendent of Schools (Superintendent). Although the Board elected petitioner to this position, the vote was challenged and rejected because one of the Board members, Junior L. Cobb, was deemed to be disqualified from Board membership. Cobb was disqualified because he was the Chairman of the Webster County Republi*396can Executive Committee (Executive Committee) when elected to the Board in violation of W.Va.Code…