Gerwig v. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company

Given, Judge:

In this original proceeding in mandamus petitioner, Amanda Gerwig, prays a peremptory writ requiring the defendant, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, a Corporation, “to reinstitute, maintain and operate reasonable bus service” within certain defined territory in West Virginia. The defendant filed a demurrer to the petition herein, and answered. The petitioner filed a demurrer to the answer. The case was submitted for decision upon these pleadings, briefs and oral arguments.

In so far as material here, the allegations of the petition are to the effect that the petitioner is…