State ex rel. Matheny v. County Court of Wyoming County
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Mingo County. Mandamus by the State, on the relation of M. F. Ma-theny, against the county court ot Wyoming County and another, to compel the building of a court house. Judgment awarding the writ, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
Brannon, Judge:
M. F. Matheny, prosecuting attorney of Wyoming County, on behalf of himself as such, and as a citizen and taxpayer of said county, as well as for other citizens and taxpayers thereof, sued out an alternative writ of manda--mus against the county court of that county, and the commissioners (by name) composing it, with the object of compelling the court to build a new court house for that county. The defendants filed a return setting up various facts in bar of the writ, and a jury trial was had, resulting in a verdict for the plaintiff, the State of West Virginia at. the relation…
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