State ex rel. Bess v. Black

Browning, Judge:

Petitioners, averring themselves to be eleven qualified voters and residents of Cabell County, West Virginia, instituted this original proceeding in this Court in behalf of themselves and 8,752 other qualified voters and residents of Cabell County seeking a writ of mandamus to compel the respondents, the individual members of the County Court of Cabell County and the County Court of Cabell County, to enter an order calling a local option election in that county pursuant to the provisions of Code, 61-10-28, as amended.

Code, 61-10-28, as amended, provides:

“The county court of…