Village of Barboursville v. Hereford

Fox, Judge:

This is a proceeding in prohibition, under the original jurisdiction of this Court, in which petitioners seek to prohibit the Honorable John W. Hereford, Judge of the Circuit Court of Cabell County, from entertaining jurisdiction of and proceeding to hear and determine, by way of a writ of certiorari, a dispute arising between Margaret H. Slaughter and T. W. Peyton on the one hand, and the Village of Barboursville on the other, concerning a proposed assessment for street paving purposes, affecting property of the said Slaughter and Peyton, situated in said village. The question…