Legal Opinion

Sharps v. Jones

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided January 26, 1926No. C. C. 371PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MilleR, Judge:

By petition to the circuit court the petitioner sought to have removed from office the defendant, a member of the board of education, on the general ground of ineompetency, alleging further; (1) that defendant “is very hard of hearing;” (2) that he “can not read -writing;” (3) that he “does not consider the best interests of taxpayers and citizens of the district from which he was elected in transaction of public business as a member of said board of education, but considers only his own private interest in all such matters;” (4) that “he obtained from the Board of Education a…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Moore v. StricklingWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1899
  2. People ex rel. Metevier v. TherrienMichigan Supreme Court · 1890
  3. Myers v. NicholsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1925
  4. State ex rel. Winsor v. Mayor of BallardWashington Supreme Court · 1894
  5. In re StowCalifornia Supreme Court · 1893

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Wysong v. WaldenWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1938
  2. State v. Scott, County Com'r.Wyoming Supreme Court · 1926
  3. Daugherty v. DayWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1960
  4. State Ex Rel. Meyer v. SorrellNebraska Supreme Court · 1962
  5. Schwartz v. County Court of Hancock CountyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1951

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