Layne v. Hayes

Haymond, Judge:

In this statutory proceeding instituted in the Circuit Court of Mingo County on September 21, 1954, and subsequently revived in the name of John Layne, his successor in office, the original plaintiff and petitioner, P. B. Maynard, then Mayor of the City of Williamson, West Virginia, sought an order of that court confirming the removal of the defendant, Paul Hayes, as a member of the Civil Service Commission of the City of Williamson by the mayor of that city, on September 17, 1954.

The petition, which prayed for confirmation by the circuit court of the action of the petitioner…