Legal Opinion

Bannister v. Town of Glasgow

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided March 3, 1936No. 8218PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Woods, Judge:

The common council of the Town of Glasgow and the several officers composing same prosecute error to a judgment of the circuit court of Kanawha County directing that the said town and the officers thereof do appoint election officials, print ballots bearing names of nominees for mayor, recorder and councilmen, as submitted by the two local parties, viz., the citizens and the independent, and hold the general election on June 4, 1935.

The mandamus proceeding was precipitated by the council’s rejection of minutes of the two nominating conventions, held on the 13th and 15th,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Heironimus v. Town of DavisWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1915
  2. Dolan v. HardmanWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1944
  3. State Ex Rel. Gay v. City of BuckhannonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1924
  4. State Ex Rel. Kirk v. CurryWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1925

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Lockhart v. RogersWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1950
  2. State v. MarcotteSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1952
  3. State Ex Rel. Hicks v. LangfordWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1940
  4. State v. ElliottCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1975
  5. Rosenbaum v. Present Common Council of East BankWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1969

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