State v. Wayne County Court

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “The rule that the word ‘shall’ should be construed as mandatory has appropriate application when the provision of the statute relates to the essence of the thing to be done, or to matters of substance.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Allen v. State of West Virginia Human Rights Commission
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1984-12-06· cited 81×
• Perry v. Miller
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1989-04-13· cited 1×
• Mary Zerfoss v. Hinkle Trucking, Inc and Gary Hinkle
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2022-04-26

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State ex rel. Staley v. County Court of Wayne County
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1952-09-13· cited 33×
• State Ex Rel. Thompson v. Fry
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1952-06-24· cited 27×
• Mears & Lewis v. Dexter
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1890-04-17· cited 27×
• State Ex Rel. Davis v. Simmons
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1951-01-23· cited 13×