Groves v. County Court of Grant County
West Virginia Supreme Court
I.— The several subdivisions of the state may be classified and laws enacted which will affect differently the several classes and thus be in a 'sense local; and yet such laws are general within the meaning of the Constitution. — 11 Vroom, 123 (40 N. J. L.); 29 Am. Rep. 210; 42 N. J. L. 435; 39 Iowa, 112; 84 Cal. 226; 77 Pa. St. 338; 39 Fed. Rep. 651; 73 Cal. 310; 97 Mo. 543; 62 Ind. 159; Suth. St. Con. § 127; 75 N. Y. 346; 92 N. Y. 4; 107 N. Y. 593; 1 Am.
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I.— The several subdivisions of the state may be classified and laws enacted which will affect differently the several classes and thus be in a 'sense local; and yet such laws are general within the meaning of the Constitution. — 11 Vroom, 123 (40 N. J. L.); 29 Am. Rep. 210; 42 N. J. L. 435; 39 Iowa, 112; 84 Cal. 226; 77 Pa. St. 338; 39 Fed. Rep. 651; 73 Cal. 310; 97 Mo. 543; 62 Ind. 159; Suth. St. Con. § 127; 75 N. Y. 346; 92 N. Y. 4; 107 N. Y. 593; 1 Am. St. Rep. 904 (note). II. — The vote of the people moves the county seat. — 38 W. Va. 74; 39 W. Va. 634. III. — The presumption of…
1Opinion of the Court
Holt, President:
On writ of, error to judgment of the Circuit Court of Hampshire county, rendered on the 6th day of December, 1895, upon a writ of certiorari. On the 18th day of June, 1895, the County Court of Grant County, upon the petition of John B. Eord and seven hundred and eighly nine other voters of that county, entered an order directing a special election to be held on the 27th day of August, 1895, at the several voting places, upon the question of the relocation of the county seat óf Grant county from Pe-tersburg, the present seat, to Maysville, the original county seat. This…
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