Hall v. Staunton

BeaNNON, Judge :

Addison Hall presented to this Court a petition praying for" a mandamus against E. W. Staunton, clerk of the county court of Kanawha county, to compel Staunton to allow Hall to inspect the poll books, tally sheets and certificates of precinct returns of a special election held in that county on May 9, 1903, upon the question of issuing bonds to fund the county’s indebtedness. Staunton resists the award of a mandamus. The petition says-Hall demanded such inspection of Staunton, but was refused it..

The petition states that the clerks made a statement from the-returns that the…