State ex rel. Goodwin v. County Court of Putnam County

BeRry, Judge:

This Court, on the petition of the relators, granted a rule in mandamus requiring the respondents to show cause why a writ of mandamus should not be awarded against them requiring them to set aside the appointment made by the respondents of Democratic election commissioners and poll clerks in all the precincts of Putnam County, West Virginia, for the primary election to be held on May 8, 1962.

The Democratic County Executive Committee of Putnam County, West Virginia, has been subjected to a factional split among its members. One group or faction to which the petitioners belong…