State Ex Rel. Bell v. County Court of Clay County

Lovins, Judge:

This Court, on the petition of the relators, granted a rule in mandamus requiring the defendants to show cause why a peremptory writ of mandamus should not be awarded against them, requiring them to set aside the appointment made by the defendants of republican election commissioners and poll clerks in all the precincts of Clay County, West Virginia, for the primary election to be held on May 8, 1956.

The Republican County Executive Committee of Clay County, West Virginia, seem to have a definite cleavage in its membership. One group will be hereinafter designated as the Coon…