Charles Town Raceway, Inc. v. West Virginia Racing Commission

Riley, President:

Charles Town Raceway, Inc., a West Virginia corporation, invoking the original jurisdiction of this Court in mandamus, impleaded the West Virginia Racing Commission, a statutory corporation created and existing under the provisions of Chapter 71, Acts of the Legislature, Regular Session, 1935, as amended and reenacted by Chapter 13, Acts of the Legislature, Regular Session, 1956, hereinafter designated as “Article 23”; and James G. McClure, William D. Poland, and Malcolm J. Lowe, as members of the commission. In the petition the petitioner prays for a writ of mandamus,…