Doolittle v. County Court of Cabell County
West Virginia Supreme Court
Statement of the case by G-ReeN, Judge : On June 2, 1886, E. S. Doolittle and 806 others, citizens and voters of the cbuuty of Cabell iu the State of West Virginia, presented to this Court their petition setting forth that the county-seat of said county is now located at Barbours-ville, and that the petitioners, legal voters of said county, signed a petition to the county court of said county praying that said county court would make an order, that.a vote on the re-location…
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Statement of the case by G-ReeN, Judge : On June 2, 1886, E. S. Doolittle and 806 others, citizens and voters of the cbuuty of Cabell iu the State of West Virginia, presented to this Court their petition setting forth that the county-seat of said county is now located at Barbours-ville, and that the petitioners, legal voters of said county, signed a petition to the county court of said county praying that said county court would make an order, that.a vote on the re-location of said county-seat at the city of Huutington in said county be taken at the next general election on Tuesday next after…
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Opinion
by Green, Judge :
Under the third section of Article VIII. of our present Constitution this Court has original jurisdiction in cases of mandamus (Warth’s Code, p. 23). By virtue of this provision of our Constitution there was presented to this Court a peti*166tion of 807 legal voters of Cabell county for a writ 'of mandamus to the county court of Cabell county and to the three commissioners composing said court commanding it and them to allow a petition signed by said 807 legal voters of said county asking the re-location of the county-seat of Cabell county at a place named therein to be…
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