Bunting v. Willis
Supreme Court of Virginia
This was an application to the judge' of the Circuit court of Elizabeth City county, by R. Paul Bunting, for- a mandamus to W. R. Willis, judge of the County court of said county, to compel him to restore the said Bunting to the office of sheriff. The Circuit court refused the application; and Bunting applied to this court for a writ of error; which was awarded. The case is fully stated by Judge Moncure in his opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Moncure, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a writ of error to a judgment of the Circuit court of the county of Elizabeth City, discharging a rule in the nature of a mandamus nisi, which had been awarded by said court on the petition of the plaintiff in error, R. P. Bunting, against the Hon. W. R. Willis, judge of the County court of said county, and Jerome Titlow, defendants in error, to show cause why a peremptory mandamus should not be awarded to the said plaintiff, commanding the said judge to admit or restore said plaintiff to his office of sheriff of said county, then held by…
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