Monongalia Improvement Co. v. Morris

Litz, Judge:

An alternative writ of mandamus awarded by this court on the petition of the relators, commands the respondent, the Honorable P. D. Morris, as judge of the circuit court of Marshall county, “to hear and determine” the appeal of relators from the ruling of the Board of Review and Equalization of Marshall county “upon the evidence certified to the court by said board,” as required by section 129, chapter 29 of the Code, or show cause why he should not be compelled to do so.

The relators consist of numerous corporate and individual owners of undeveloped coal lands in Marshall county,…