Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1871-04-08
The Board Of Supervisors vs.. tn
Circuit Court, and. Vice Versa.


The following order entered upon the record BY
Judge McWhorter, on Wednesday la$r, speaks
for itself We presume that those seltcnnStitn
ted individuals who have heretofore bumped
power and in,aGi ngcd Themselves omr!not"nI.
will now realize the fact thar .ler: IS such ~
authority as 1aeJrIge Of the Circuit Court, md
thst there arc certain bounds beyond which
they cannot GO Having placed themselves iw
direct anragonism 70 the decisions and orders OF
i Superior tribunal, and nt,stancc 81 right ard
Justice, it VAS but meet ard proper thar thcsn
miserable pretcn,erS shcUlt be checked IL their
mad career Il would be we'll E"r J: +. cala-
veil, Abe Arxib-ise, Allen Howard: and Ajax.
knight 70 remember thar thr time for the CON-
mission .: such nigh handel ats as rhcy have
been guilty Of has plsseii dct t:'at The Nfsfe1-
Of the people are hereafter 70 b. oi.eycd aa4 ~
sDected. Ono eaGct Of the order referred 70
-tii! /; 10 give us a minority on !c BGlcri q
decent t:!A frspec.Ibl5 men, Change n irhiclE
al good :.!i'l l?r abiding m"n will r.i";cc. The
following, is tho order :cr.:c'l r>-:-~ ....
. l. Appearing 70 thn Court fron the order
made ~ III" Board Of Supervisors II Grecnhrie T
county, or the 10Th day of March. 1871. ii n"
cases ci John Erwin ~. the Board Of Super
viso-s Of Grccn5ricr county, John Argabrve vs..
same, and Wn, (ErSny ". tinn >:;le3, that tAlc,
Knight, J. +. Caldwell, Allen Howard and
Abr;lm ArSabrlrc, who constituted 4 majority
Of, she said Board present and voting At the Saia
meeting, have disobeved the orctr Of this Court
made in the said cases 1T the reG2mhcr (Spe-
ciull trrul, $50, 1T this Court, and are thereby
III contempt of Ibis Court: II is ordered that
the bodies Of the said Alex. Knight, j F. Casd-
we'll, Allen Howard, and Ab-;lm Nrsabrirc be-
attached, and thar they be Imprisoned IN the
iail OF THIS County tho Sheriff until they obey
the sid order CT this Court made ar the said
special serc2 1870 IS aforesaid by sctring aside
tllr order aforesaid Of refusal and admit the
said John Erwin, John Argabrite and YIN.
Live$ay TO seats ut the Sl;d Board Of Supervisors
as "r.h"-7 thereof. f',t this order is suspended
TO- tH3 days to enable thr Board of Supervisors
70 comply with the orer heretofore rendered
requiring il to admit the said Argabrite, Erwin,
and LiveSay as members Of the said Board
Supervisors npon which the action Of the Court
IL the above order was based The first order
was adopted at the February fern Of rho Ro9rd
and the second at the Niarch.term:
BE it orClanct! by tie Board o, Supervisors,
that the exceptions taken BY YIN. F.. Ruckcr,
counsel employed by the said Board, to the
Judgment OF the Circuit Court Of .GreenhrierI
County, in the cases Of John. Erwin vs. -fhe
Board Of Supervisors, the same vs. the Board OF
Registration, and VIM. f. Livesae vs.. the Roard:l
O. Supervisors, and the same vs.. rha Board Of
Registration, and John Argabrite vs.. the Board
of Supervisors, and Abram trcabrtc, b. and
the same is hereby approved and ratified, and
that hs Board Of $pps'Tisors being IF cri"!"n that
:bcir 1rciS9n IN sail CASES wY- corrnc' and es;r
ING r. have the legal questions involved i'll said
cases fully and fiuaill determined, rho sum of
$3.50 is hereby appropriated as fees 10 said
sci to prepare said cases f3r tine decision Of the
Supreme Court "f Appeals, and 10 prosecute
the same in said Court, in connection with such
other counsel as hr MAY select, and that the
Clerk of said Board prepare notices 70 this et-
feet. and serve themupon the said Erwin. Live
saw and Argabritc forthwith. Also, the sum Of
g. Tor such sum rs may be necessarily lis hereby
appropriated to pay the costs of said Appeals.
End to satisfy any damages that may be done 70
plaiutillS or any ether person.
\ Copr-Testc: WN. T. Rr'cKER.
CLERK"
AZ meeting Of The Boart! Of Supervisors
Of Grecubrier county, held Ar the Courthouse
thereof, on Monday, the 20th day of March, .
1871: !,
On motion Of \. F. Mathews, the proceed
lngs OF the Circuit Court il tie case Of .Iotn
Erwin VS. the Board Of Supervisors. were read
to the Board. and on his further motion. that
John Erwin be admitted as 4 member OF the ,
Board Of Supervisors lis ordered hy the Boart!
If Supervisors that said Erwin he not permitted!
to take his seat az Il member o the Board The
ayes and nays on the last motion. stood rs fol-
lows: Ave$-Gab!crt and Shawvsr; nays, How .
ard. Knight, aud Caldwell.
"A Copy-Te>tc: WN. +. RCcKER,