Shank v. Town of Ravenswood
West Virginia Supreme Court
• Error to Circuit Court, Jackson county. Application by 0. C. ¡Shank and. others for a writ of mandamus against, the town of Ravenswood. From a judgment awarding the writ, the town brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
BRAnnon, Judge:
O. 0. Shank and others, under section 48, chapter 47, Code 1891, presented to the council of the town of Ravens-wood a petition asking a change in the corporate limits of the town, as therein specified, and that a vote be had thereon, which petition was disallowed and rejected by the council. Thereupon Shank and others obtained from the Circuit. Court, of Jackson a -mandamus nisi to compel the council to entertain said petition, and order a vote of the people upon the change of town limits as therein proposed; and the case ended in a final judgment awarding a peremptory…
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