CITY OF MARTINSVILLE v. COUNTY OF HENRY


133 S.E.2d 287 (1963)

204 Va. 757

CITY OF MARTINSVILLE v. COUNTY OF HENRY.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

December 2, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irvin W. Cubine, City Atty., John D. Epperly, Martinsville, for plaintiff in error.

Robert C. Fitzgerald, Falls Church (Kenneth M. Covington, Commonwealth's Atty, A. L. Philpott, Bassett, on brief), for defendant in error.

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


EGGLESTON, Chief Justice.

In May, 1962, the City of Martinsville filed in the court below a motion for the annexation of certain territory lying in Henry County. The motion was based on an ordinance adopted by the council of the city which set forth the necessity and expediency for the annexation, and purported to show the metes and bounds and size of the area sought to be annexed and other information required by Code, § 15-152.3. Attached to the ordinance was...

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