Snodgrass v. Wetzel County Court
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Wetzel County. Certiorari by R. E. L. Snodgrass to review the decision of the board of canvassers of Wetzel County that A. R. Thompson was elected clerk of the county court. From a decree in favor of Thompson, plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Brannon, Judge:
At the late election in Wetzel county Snodgrass and Thompson were competing candidates for clerkship of the county court, and the county commissioners declared Thompson elected, and Snodgrass obtained a writ of cer-tiorari from the circuit court to review and reverse the proceedings of the commissioners acting as a board of canvassers, and the circuit court decided the case in favor of Thompson, and Snodgrass brings the case here upon a writ of error. Before the board of canvassers Snodgrass asked the court to reject Grant precinct for the reason that the poll clerks divided…
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