Keller v. Stone
Supreme Court of Virginia
Original application for mandamus in two cases argued together. The writ was refused in one case and granted in the other.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
In each of these cases the petition is for a mandamus to compel the respondent, as registrar and custodian of the registration books of Bristol precinct, in the county of Washington, either to furnish petitioners copies of the registration books in *668his custody, or to permit the petitioners to make copies of the same under his supervision.
What was said by this court in Gleaves v. Terry, 93 Va. 491, with reference to the record of the proceedings of the electoral board of Wythe county, as to which.secrecy was not enjoined by law, applies as well to the registration books in the custody of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Gleaves v. TerrySupreme Court of Virginia · 1896
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