State Ex Rel. Brotherton v. Moore

Flowers, Justice:

This mandamus proceeding was instituted by William T. Brotherton, Jr., and Lewis N. McManus, in their respective capacities as President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Delegates and in their individual capacities as citizens and taxpayers, and by the Joint Committee on Government and Finance of the Legislature of West Virginia. The relators seek to compel the respondent, Arch A. Moore, Jr., Governor of the State of West Virginia, to fill a vacancy in the office of superintendent of the West Virginia Industrial Home for Girls and to submit the name of the nominee to…