West Virginia Code 59-3-5 – Mandamus to compel publication
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Any citizen, taxpayer, or the publisher or proprietor of any qualified newspaper entitled by law to have any legal advertisement published in his qualified newspaper, which any county court or tribunal created in lieu thereof, Board of Education, governing body of any municipal corporation, or public officer, shall fail or refuse to make, may have a writ of mandamus to compel such publication, if a qualified newspaper is willing to accept the legal advertisement for publication at the rates prescribed in section three of this article.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 59-3-5
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- County court: includes any existing tribunal created in lieu of a county commission. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
- Legal advertisement: means any notice, advertisement, statement, information or other matter required by law or court to be published. See West Virginia Code 59-3-1
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.