McWhorter v. Dorr
West Virginia Supreme Court
Petition by J. C. McWhorter for a writ of prohibition to-C. P. Dorr, judge, and J. B. Morrison.
1Opinion of the Court
Cox, Judge:
This is a petition in prohibition by J. C. McWhorter,, recusing C. P. Dorr, a member of a special tribunal constituted by authority of section 15, of chapter 6, of the Code, to hear and determine a contest as to the election of a Judge-of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit of West Virginia, (which election was held on the 8th clay of November, 1904), and praying for a writ of prohibition against Dorr, preventing him from acting as a member of such tribunal. The petition alleges in effect that J. C. McWhorter and J. B. Morrison were opposing candidates for judge of said circuit at said…
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