Hardin v. Foglesong., (No. 8435)
| Court | Supreme Court of West Virginia |
| Writing for the Court | LITZ. |
| Citation | 117 W.Va. 544 |
| Parties | S. H. Hardin v. H. E. Foglesong et al. |
| Decision Date | 09 June 1936 |
| Docket Number | (No. 8435) |
117 W.Va. 544
S. H. Hardin
v.
H. E. Foglesong et al.
Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.
Submitted June 5, 1936.
Decided June 9, 1936.
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1. Mandamus
Mandamus will not be denied on the ground that there is another remedy unless such other remedy is equally convenient, beneficial and effective.
2. Statutes
Statutes restricting the exercise of any trade or occupation must be strictly construed.
Original petition for mandamus by S. H. Hardin against H. E. Foglesong and others, as members of and constituting the Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors of West Virginia, wherein defendants filed a demurrer.
Writ awarded.
Rummel, Blagg & Stone and E. M. Burdette, for relator.
Steptoe & Johnson, Chesney M. Carney and George W. McQuain, for respondents.
Litz, Judge:
Petitioner, S. H. Hardin, seeks, by writ of mandamus, to compel respondents, H. E. Foglesong, James P. Altmeyer, Newell J. Hayman, Earl B. Thrush, C. A. Ruttencutter and E. H. Shanklin, as members of and constituting the Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors of West Virginia, to issue to him a license as funeral director for a place of business in the city of Montgomery, Fayette County, West Virginia.
The West Virginia Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors was created by chapter 49, Acts (First Extraordinary Session) 1933. The statute provides that any
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person desiring to engage in the profession or business of funeral directing shall, upon application for license, be required to show such preliminary requisites and take such examinations as shall be deemed necessary by the board in its rules and regulations. Section 10 of the Act requires the board to issue a license to any person who at the time of its passage was actively engaged in the profession or business of funeral directing and who, within sixty days thereafter, has registered as such funeral director with the board and paid a fee of fifty dollars. In section 6, it is provided that "any funeral director who has more than one place of business in the state, or the owner or operator of any establishment in which the business or profession of funeral directing is conducted shall be required to obtain a license as funeral director for each such...
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DePond v. Gainer, No. 16902
...that there is another remedy unless such other remedy is equally convenient, beneficial, and effective." Syl. pt. 5, Hardin v. Foglesong, 117 W.Va. 544, 186 S.E. 308 (1936); see also West Virginia Citizens Action Group v. Daley, 324 S.E.2d 713, 716 (W.Va.1984); Allen v. Human Rights Commiss......
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State ex rel. Vance v. Arthur, No. 10887
...54 S.E.2d 747; State ex rel. Miller v. Board of Education of Mason County, 126 W.Va. 248, 27 S.E.2d 599; Hardin v. Foglesong, Page 426 117 W.Va. 544, 186 S.E. 308. The tendency in this jurisdiction is to enlarge and advance the scope of the remedy of mandamus, rather than to restrict and li......
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State ex rel. Cline v. Hatfield, No. 12069
...that there is another remedy unless such remedy is equally beneficial, convenient and effective.' Pt. 1, Syl., Hardin v. Foglesong, 117 W.Va. 544, 186 S.E. 308.' Point 1, Syllabus, State ex rel. Miller v. Board of Education of the County of Mason, 126 W.Va. 248, 27 S.E.2d 599, In Carter v. ......
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Carter v. City Of Bluefield, No. 10142.
...mandamus is available. State ex rel. Miller v. Board of Education of Mason County, 126 W.Va. 248, 27 S.E.2d 599; Hardin v. Foglesong, 117 W.Va. 544, 186 S.E. 308. The tendency in this jurisdiction is to enlarge and advance the scope of the remedy of mandamus, rather than to restrict and lim......
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DePond v. Gainer, No. 16902
...that there is another remedy unless such other remedy is equally convenient, beneficial, and effective." Syl. pt. 5, Hardin v. Foglesong, 117 W.Va. 544, 186 S.E. 308 (1936); see also West Virginia Citizens Action Group v. Daley, 324 S.E.2d 713, 716 (W.Va.1984); Allen v. Human Rights Commiss......
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State ex rel. Vance v. Arthur, No. 10887
...54 S.E.2d 747; State ex rel. Miller v. Board of Education of Mason County, 126 W.Va. 248, 27 S.E.2d 599; Hardin v. Foglesong, Page 426 117 W.Va. 544, 186 S.E. 308. The tendency in this jurisdiction is to enlarge and advance the scope of the remedy of mandamus, rather than to restrict and li......
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State ex rel. Cline v. Hatfield, No. 12069
...that there is another remedy unless such remedy is equally beneficial, convenient and effective.' Pt. 1, Syl., Hardin v. Foglesong, 117 W.Va. 544, 186 S.E. 308.' Point 1, Syllabus, State ex rel. Miller v. Board of Education of the County of Mason, 126 W.Va. 248, 27 S.E.2d 599, In Carter v. ......
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Carter v. City Of Bluefield, No. 10142.
...mandamus is available. State ex rel. Miller v. Board of Education of Mason County, 126 W.Va. 248, 27 S.E.2d 599; Hardin v. Foglesong, 117 W.Va. 544, 186 S.E. 308. The tendency in this jurisdiction is to enlarge and advance the scope of the remedy of mandamus, rather than to restrict and lim......