Payne v. Staunton
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Kanawha County. Action by J. M. Payne and others against E. W. Staunton, county clerk. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
BeaNNON, Judge :
The Legislature of 1903 passed chapter 59 “to authorize the county court ‘of Kanawha county to fund the indebtedness of said county by issuing its bonds, and to authorize a special election for that purpose.” Under that act an election was held upon the question whether bonds should be issued, and the returns of the election were made and canvassed, and the result ascertained, ■and the poll books and ballots were returned to the office of the clerk of the county court. J. M. Payne and others applied to E. W. Staunton, clerk of the county court, to be allowed to inspect the…
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