Copley v. Chambers

BeowNING, Judge:

On November 21, 1960, the appellant, Howard B. Chambers, hereinafter referred to as Chambers, was certified as having been elected to the office of Sheriff of Mingo County, West Virginia, at the general election held in that county on November 8,1960. On the same day, he was served with a “Notice of Contest of Election” by J. W. Copley, Jr., hereinafter referred to as Copley, his opponent for that office, the notice averring the candidacies of the respective parties; that the Commissioners of the County Court, sitting as a Board of Canvassers, did, on the 16th day of November,…