BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF FAIRFAX COUNTY v. MASSEY


169 S.E.2d 556 (1969)

210 Va. 253

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF FAIRFAX COUNTY v. Carlton C. MASSEY, County Executive of Fairfax County. CITY OF FALLS CHURCH v. Harry E. WELLS, City Manager of the City of Falls Church.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

September 5, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Frazier, III, Richmond (Donald C. Stevens, County Atty. for Fairfax County, LaRue VanMeter, City Atty. for City of Falls Church, Conrad M. Shumadine, Hunton, Williams, Gay, Powell & Gibson, Richmond, on the brief), for petitioner.

Dexter S. Odin (J. William Gilliam, Farley, Odin & Feldman, Fairfax, Gilliam & Sanders, on the brief), for respondent.

Peter A. Greenburg, John R. Kennedy, Jerome M. Alper, Bernstein, Alper, Schoene & Friedman, Washington, D. C., for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, amicus curiae.

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


I'ANSON, Justice.

These cases are before us under the original jurisdiction of the court upon separate petitions for writs of mandamus filed by the Board of Supervisors of Fairfax County (County) and the City of Falls Church (City), petitioners, pursuant to § 17-96, Code of 1950, 1960 Repl.Vol., to compel Carlton C. Massey, County Executive, and Harry E. Wells, City Manager, respondents, to execute on behalf of their respective County and City a contract designated...

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