State Ex Rel. Armbrecht v. Thornburg

Given, Judge:

The State of West Virginia, at the relation of Harold P. Armbrecht and Charles L. Ihlenfeld, filed a petition in the Circuit Court of Ohio County against Grier Thorn-burg, August W. Petroplus and W. H. Havercamp, ballot commissioners of Ohio County, praying a peremptory writ of mandamus commanding the defendants “to indicate upon the Official Primary Ballots of Ohio County, West Virginia, that each voter is entitled to vote for four members of the House of Delegates of Ohio County,” at the May, 1952, primary election to be held in that county. A Rule was duly issued and, upon the…