State Ex Rel. Crabtree v. Hash

McHUGH, Chief Justice:

This case is before the Court upon the petition for a writ of prohibition by Paul Crabtree, in his official capacity as administrative director of this Court, 1 to be directed against the respondents, Joseph C. Hash, President of the Jackson County Bar Association, Kennad L. Skeen and the Jackson County Bar Association. The petitioner contends that the respondents, Hash and the Jackson County Bar Association, violated W.Va. Const. art. VIII, § 3 when, among themselves, they elected respondent Skeen as Circuit Judge of Jackson County. The petitioner requests that this…