McKim v. Brast

Litz, Judge:

The petitioner, Frank McKim, as a candidate for one of the four positions of councilman for the city of Parkersburg, at a general municipal election held on the 3d day of April, 1923, seeks by mandamus to compel E. A. Brast, Thomas Logan! and Joseph M. Murphy, constituting the election board of said city, to make recount of all the ballots cast in said city election for the several candidates for city council, including petitioner.

In Chapter 3, Code, the county court is made an election board with supervision over all elections in the county or magisterial districts and…