Legal Opinion

Booten v. Pinson

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided December 17, 1915PublishedCited by 64 opinions

Error to Circuit Court, Mingo County. Proceedings by Orland H. Booten against A. C. Pinson, by G-ail T. Dudgeon against John S. Hall, and by A. C. Pinson, by John S. Hall, and by Tunia Nunemaker and others against O. H. Booten and others. Decisions for plaintiffs in the two cases first mentioned, and defendants bring error;-and decisions for defendants in the three cases last mentioned, and plaintiffs bring error.

1Opinion of the Court

Williams, Judge:

Two of these proceedings are in mandamus, one of which has for its object the admission of Orland H. Booten to the office of mayor of the city of Williamson and incidental ouster of A. C. Pinson who now occupies it, on the ground of title thereto in Booten and lack of such title in Pinson; and the other, the admission of Gail T. Dudgeon to the office of clerk *414of said city and ouster of John S. Hall who holds the same office under the name of recorder. The other three proceedings are in equity, one by Pinson to enjoin the defendants from interference with his office, until the…

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. Hunter v. City of PittsburghSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
  2. People ex rel. Le Roy v. HurlbutMichigan Supreme Court · 1871
  3. Mayor of Baltimore v. State ex rel. Board of PoliceCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1860
  4. Brown v. City of GalvestonTexas Supreme Court · 1903
  5. Commonwealth v. PlaistedMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889

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3Cited by64 opinions

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