Hatfield v. County Court of Mingo County
West Virginia Supreme Court
Mandamus by E. C. Hatfield against the County Court of Mingo County and others.
1Opinion of the Court
Poffenbarger, Judge:
This proceeding by mandamus instituted by E. C. Hatfield claiming to hold the office of sealer of weights and measures of Mingo County, to compel the county court of that county to pay him the salary prescribed by its order entered, January 13, 1916, appointing him to that position, is resisted upon the ground that he no longer holds the office, because said order was, on January 10, 1917, rescinded and the office abolished by another order then entered.
If the order of January 10, 1917, was one of mere removal from office, it might be void for want of jurisdiction in the…
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