State ex rel. Revercomb v. O'Brien

Browning, President:

The Honorable Harley M. Kilgore, United States Senator from West Virginia, died in office on the 28th day of February, 1956, leaving unexpired of the term for which he was elected, two years, ten months and three days. Philip H. Hill and Chapman Bevercomb, individual relators in the two instant proceedings, tendered to the respondent, D. Pitt O’Brien, Secretary of State, their certificates of announcement as candidates, and filing fees, for the Republican nomination to the office thus vacant, Hill on March 2, 1956, and Revercomb on March 3, 1956, which certificates and…