State Ex Rel. Crouse v. Holdren

Kenna, Judge:

In order to test the right of respondent, W. D. Holdren, to make arrests and otherwise act as a police officer in the City of Beckley, Clay S. Crouse, Prosecuting Attorney for Raleigh County, filed in the Circuit Court of that county an information in the nature of quo war-ranto. The Circuit Court overruled a demurrer to the respondent’s return and certified to this Court the legal questions thus raised.

The information alleges that the City of Beckley has a population of more than five thousand and is therefore subject to the provisions of Chapter 8, Article 5A, of the Code of…