Legal Opinion

Dawson v. Phillips

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided March 21, 1916PublishedCited by 26 opinions

Error to Circuit Court, Morgan County. Action by B. E. Dawson and others against J. A. Phillips. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

MilleR, Judge:

The judgment complained of, pronounced January 6, 1915, in a summary proceeding instituted in the circuit court, under section 7, chapter 7, serial section 222, Code 1913, adjudged that specifications numbered 2, 4, and 5, had been sustained by the evidence, and that for his misconduct in the office of president and commissioner of - the- county court of Morgan County, as charged, defendant be and he was thereby removed from office in accordance with the provisions of said section.

The proceeding was begun upon the petition of Dawson and sixteen others, describing themselves as…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Koehler & Lange v. HillSupreme Court of Iowa · 1883
  2. Moore v. StricklingWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1899
  3. Roberts v. PaulWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1901
  4. Ex parte DoyleWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1907
  5. State ex rel. Morgan v. LammSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1896

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Daugherty v. EllisWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1956
  2. Evans v. HutchinsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1975
  3. People v. ShawyerWyoming Supreme Court · 1924
  4. State ex rel. Thompson v. MortonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1954
  5. State Ex Rel. Fox v. BrewsterWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1954

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