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ANDREWS v. SHEPHERD

111 S.E.2d 279 (1959)

201 Va. 412

E. Webster ANDREWS et al. v. Fred R. SHEPHERD, Mayor, etc., et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

November 30, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph H. Ferrell, Jr., Richmond (E. Milton Farley, III, Thomas L. Clark, Hunton, Williams, Gay, Moore & Powell, Richmond, on brief), for appellants.

No brief filed for appellees.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, WHITTLE, SNEAD and I'ANSON, JJ.

I'ANSON, Justice.

E. Webster Andrews and others filed their petition for a writ of mandamus to issue against the council of the City of Colonial Heights to require it to establish forthwith an additional election district or districts within the city pursuant to § 24-45, Code of 1950, as amended. The trial court sustained a demurrer, dismissed the petition, and in a written opinion held that the provisions of the statute are directory and not mandatory; that...

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