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McCALLISTER v. NELSON

No. 19761.

411 S.E.2d 456 (1991)

Tom McCALLISTER, Plaintiff Below, Appellee, v. Robert NELSON, Mayor of the City of Huntington, West Virginia, Defendant Below, Appellant

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided October 31, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clovis D. Kuhn, Huntington, for appellee.

Scott A. Damron, Huntington, for the appellant.

BROTHERTON, Justice:

This appeal is before the Court on the issue of whether a municipal charter provision, which provides the mayor with the power to veto ordinances and resolutions of city council, is a valid exercise of municipal power under W.Va.Code § 8-1-7 (1990).

On October 23, 1989, a member of the Huntington City Council introduced a proposed ordinance in council entitled "An Ordinance Protecting the Proposed East-West Corridor from 17th Street...

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