Franklin v. County Court of McDowell County
West Virginia Supreme Court
■ Original mandamus by the State, on relation of Id. H. Franklin and others, against the County Court of McDowell County and others, to compel the appointment of persons designated on relators’ list as officers to represent a party at a primary election.
1Opinion of the Court
PORRENBARGER, JUDGE:
Factional trouble or rivalry by competing organizations or constituent elements in' the Republican Party of McDowe.ll County, expressing itself through the action of the executive committee of the party, brought about presentation to the County Court of that county of two lists of persons for appointment as officers to represent the party in the primary election to be held for the nomination of candidates, May 25, 1920, one, by McGin-nis Hatfield, claiming to be the chairman of the committee, and the other by 1ST. H. Franklin, making a like claim on behalf of himself. The…
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