BRYANT v. CITY OF CHARLESTON

22845

295 S.C. 408 (1988)

368 S.E.2d 899

Martha G. BRYANT, James Island Public Service District, St. Andrews Public Service District, Frank Richardson, Jr., and Jimmy Lee Green, Respondents v. The CITY OF CHARLESTON, Joseph P. Riley, Jr., Mayor of the City of Charleston, Mary R. Wrixon, Clerk of the City Council of the City of Charleston, and W. Foster Gaillard, Jerome Kinloch, Daniel L. Richardson, Hilda Hutchinson Jefferson, Arthur W. Christopher, Brenda C. Scott, Robert Ford, Esther H. Tecklenburg, Mary R. Ader, Steven L. Baker, W.L. Stephens, Jr., Edward H. Cochran, constituting the members of the City Council of the City of Charleston, Appellants. and Irene C. BRUNSON, B.A. Foreman, James Island Public Service District, Frank Richardson, Jr., and Jimmy Lee Green, Respondents v. The CITY OF CHARLESTON, Joseph P. Riley, Jr., Mayor of the City of Charleston, Mary R. Wrixon, Clerk of the City Council of the City of Charleston, and W. Foster Gaillard, Jerome Kinloch, Daniel L. Richardson, Hilda Hutchinson Jefferson, Arthur W. Christopher, Brenda C. Scott, Robert Ford, Esther H. Tecklenburg, Mary R. Ader, Steven L. Baker, W.L. Stephens, Jr., Edward H. Cochran, constituting the members of the City Council of the City of Charleston, Appellants. and JAMES ISLAND PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT, Frank Richardson, Jr., James Island Yacht Club and Jimmy Lee Green, Respondents v. The CITY OF CHARLESTON, Joseph P. Riley, Jr., Mayor of the City of Charleston, Mary R. Wrixon, Clerk of the City Council of the City of Charleston, and W. Foster Gaillard, Jerome Kinloch, Daniel L. Richardson, Hilda Hutchinson Jefferson, Arthur W. Christopher, Brenda C. Scott, Robert Ford, Esther H. Tecklenburg, Mary R. Ader, Steven L. Baker, W.L. Stephens, Jr., Edward H. Cochran, constituting the members of the City Council of the City of Charleston, Appellants. and Jimmy Lee GREEN, James Island Public Service District and Frank Richardson, Jr., Plaintiffs, of whom Frank Richardson, Jr., is Respondent v. The CITY OF CHARLESTON, Joseph P. Riley, Jr., Mayor of the City of Charleston, Mary R. Wrixon, Clerk of the City Council of the City of Charleston, and W. Foster Gaillard, Jerome Kinloch, Daniel L. Richardson, Arthur W. Christopher, Brenda C. Scott, Robert Ford, Esther H. Tecklenburg, Mary R. Ader, Steven L. Baker, W.L. Stephens, Jr., Edward H. Cochran, constituting the membership of the City Council of the City of Charleston, and Eugene C. Santos and Yvonne K. Santos, Appellants. and John DOOSE, Gladys Garvin, Frank Richardson, Jr., and St. Andrews Public Service District, Plaintiffs, of whom Frank Richardson, Jr., is Respondent v. The CITY OF CHARLESTON, Joseph P. Riley, Jr., Mayor of the City of Charleston, Mary R. Wrixon, Clerk of the City Council of the City of Charleston, and W. Foster Gaillard, Jerome Kinloch, Daniel L. Richardson, Arthur W. Christopher, Brenda C. Scott, Robert Ford, Esther H. Tecklenburg, Mary R. Ader, Steven L. Baker, W.L. Stephens, Jr., Edward H. Cochran, constituting the membership of the City Council of the City of Charleston, and Chavis Realty and Construction Company, Inc., Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided March 14, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Corp. Counsel William B. Regan, and Asst. Corp. Counsel Frances I. Cantwell, Charleston, for appellants.

David G. Jennings, Charleston, for respondents.


Argued Jan. 7, 1987.

Decided March 14, 1988.

GREGORY, Justice:

This appeal consolidates for review five actions challenging the validity of various annexations to the City of Charleston. In each case the Circuit Court found the ordinance ratifying annexation invalid. We reverse.

Each annexation was achieved pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 5-3-150 (1976) which provides for annexation of an area "contiguous" to a city by petition of its freeholders...

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