STATE EX REL. COUNTY COM'N v. Cooke

475 S.E.2d 483 (1996)

197 W.Va. 391

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. the COUNTY COMMISSION OF BOONE COUNTY, a Public Body Corporate of the State of West Virginia, Petitioner,

v.

Ed COOKE, Clerk of the County Commission of Boone County, Respondent.

No. 23375.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Submitted May 28, 1996.

Decided July 17, 1996.

James K. Brown, Lee O. Hill, Lee van Egmond, Jackson & Kelly, Charleston, for Petitioner.

L. Lee Javins, II, Shaffer & Shaffer, Madison, for Respondent.

Joseph W. Powell, President, West Virginia AFL-CIO, Charleston, Amicus Curiae.

Michael L. Clowser, Executive…