Frantz v. County Court of Wyoming Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Original proceedings by L. N. Frantz and others for mandamus to the County Court of Wyoming County and others.
1Opinion of the Court
POEEENBARGER, JüDGE:
On this application for a peremptory writ of mandamus, to compel the county court of Wyoming county to reconvene, as in regular session, and permit the filing of a petition for an 'election on the question of relocation of the county seat of said *736county, and enter an order jrroviding for such election, lack of pecuniary interest in the relators is relied upon as barring right to relief. Occasionally it is said in the text books and decisions that pecuniary interest in the relator is essential. 19 A. & E. Enc. L. 884; People v. Masonic Lodge, 98 Ill. 635; Payne v. Staunton,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Attorney General v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
- Payne v. StauntonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1904
- Mann v. County CourtWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1906
- Doolittle v. County Court of Cabell CountyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1886
- Morgan v. County CourtWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1903
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- Pack v. KarnesWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1918
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