Conley v. Supervisors of Calhoun County
West Virginia Supreme Court
On the 25th day of June, 1866, the prosecuting attorney for the county of Calhoun brought to the attention of the circuit court of that county, certain matters of record, poll books, &c., to show that by a vote oí the people, in pursuance of an act of the general assembly, passed February 13th, 1862, the location of the county seat had been changed from Arnoldsburg to Simon P. Slumps farm.
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On the 25th day of June, 1866, the prosecuting attorney for the county of Calhoun brought to the attention of the circuit court of that county, certain matters of record, poll books, &c., to show that by a vote oí the people, in pursuance of an act of the general assembly, passed February 13th, 1862, the location of the county seat had been changed from Arnoldsburg to Simon P. Slumps farm. Also that by a tie vote of the board of supervisors of the county had on the 6th day of June, 1866, they had refused to take up and examine the result of the election held by the people on the fourth…
1Opinion of the CourtMaxwell, J.
This is a supersedeas to an order of the circuit court of Calhoun county made on the 25th day of June, 1866, declaring the result of a vote taken in the said county whether they would retain the county seat at Arnoldsburg, the place then fixed by law, or remove the same to Simon P. Stump’s farm, opposite the mouth of Philip’s run, in said county. The vote was taken by virtue of an act of the general assembly of Virginia, passed February 13th, 1862. The first section of this act provides, “ That it shall be lawful to open polls at the various places of voting in the county of Calhoun on the…
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