State Ex Rel. Robertson v. County Court of Kanawha County

Lovins, Judge:

By this original proceeding in mandamus, G. C. Robertson, Chairman, and thirty-three of the fifty-four members of the Democratic Executive Committee of Kanawha County, West Virginia, seek to compel the county court of said county, its president, members and clerk, to appoint certain persons as commissioners of election and poll clerks for the primary election to be held on May 11, 1948.

At a meeting of the Democratic Executive Committee of Kanawha County, West Virginia, hereinafter called “committee”, held on March 24, 1948, a resolution was adopted which, in substance, required…