Broaddus v. Essex County Supervisors
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Essex county, rendered October 9, 1900, on an application for a writ of mandamus, wherein the plaintiffs in error were the petitioners, and the defendant in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
The plaintiffs in error filed their petition in the Circuit Court of Essex county against the Board of Supervisors of that county, *371praying for a writ of mandamus to compel them to erect a fireproof clerk’s office.
Section 925 of the Oode requires the hoard of supervisors of every county to provide a court-house, clerk’s office^ and jail, and section 926 provides that “every such clerk’s office shall he fireproof.”
The petition for the mandtanus avers that the hoard of supervisors have failed and refused to provide such an office, hut “on the contrary have left, and do now leave, the valuable…
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