KING v. HENING


125 S.E.2d 827 (1962)

203 Va. 582

W. Stirling KING v. Edmund W. HENING, Jr., Gus Edward Mitchell, Jr., and John D. Butzner, Jr., Judges, etc. and William Old, Vincent L. Sexton, Jr., and Elliott Marshall, Judges, etc.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

June 11, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas P. Bryan, Richmond, William H. King, McGuire, Eggleston, Bocock & Woods, Richmond, for petitioner.

J. Elliott Drinard, City Atty. (David J. Mays, John S. Davenport, III, Richmond, on brief), for City of Richmond, amici curiæ.

John H. Thornton, Jr., Roanoke (Ernest P. Gates, Chesterfield, C. H., Commonwealth's Atty, Woods, Rogers, Muse & Walker, Roanoke, on brief), for County of Chesterfield, amici curiæ.

James N. Garrett, Portsmouth, Robert C. Fitzgerald, Falls Church (H. Ratcliffe Turner, Richmond, Commonwealth's Atty., William F. Parkerson, Jr., Richmond, on brief), for County of Henrico, amici curiæ.

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


I'ANSON, Justice.

This is an original proceeding for a writ of prohibition filed by the petitioner, W. Stirling King, a resident of and freeholder in the city of Richmond, to prohibit the respondents, the Honorable Edmund W. Hening, Jr., Judge of the Circuit Court of Henrico County, and the Honorable Gus Edward Mitchell, Jr., and the Honorable John D. Butzner, Jr., the additional judges designated to hear and determine the annexation proceedings of the City of Richmond...

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