State Ex Rel. Scanes v. Babb

Riley, Judge:

The State of West Virginia at the relation of Fred H. Scanes, Jr., instituted in the Circuit Court of Harrison County its information in the nature of a writ of quo warranto to test the claim of the respondent, Samuel M. Babb, as a member of the Clarksburg Water Board. The relator prosecutes this writ of error to a final order of the Circuit Court of Harrison County, sustaining the demurrer to, and dismissing the information.

The information alleges that the Clarksburg Water Board, created by the Charter of the City of Clarksburg, Municipal Charters, Acts West Virginia…