State Ex Rel. Shawver v. Casto

68 S.E.2d 673 (1952)

STATE ex rel. SHAWVER et al.

v.

CASTO et al.

No. 10448.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Submitted January 9, 1952.

Decided January 29, 1952.

J. Raymond Gordon, Charleston, for relators.

Lee M. Kenna, Charleston, for respondents.

LOVINS, Judge.

This court awarded Roy E. Shawver and Alma M. Shawver a rule in prohibition requiring Claude H. Casto, Justice of Union District, Kanawha County, West Virginia, and Earl R. Comstock, to show cause why a writ of prohibition should not issue against them.

There is no dispute in this proceeding as to the facts. Petitioners purchased…