Burkhart v. Sine

MAYNARD, Justice:

This is an appeal from a mandamus action which originated in the Circuit Court of Berkeley County, West Virginia, by Robert L. Burkhart, who is a candidate for the office of County Commissioner on the Democrat ticket. Burkhart requests that Howard L. Strauss, a candidate for the office of County Commissioner on the Republican ticket, be determined to be ineligible to serve as a County Commissioner from the Norborne Magisterial District. Strauss cross-appeals, requesting that the stay issued by this Court, denying him the right to take the oath of office, be lifted and that he…