COUNTY OF GREENSVILLE v. CITY OF EMPORIA

Record No. 920776.

427 S.E.2d 352 (1993)

COUNTY OF GREENSVILLE, et al. v. CITY OF EMPORIA, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

February 26, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Richard Cranwell, Roanoke (James E. Buchholtz, Cranwell & Moore, on brief), for appellants.

Anthony F. Troy, Richmond (Carter Glass, IV, Susan Warriner Custer, Richmond, Theodore J. Burr, Jr., City Attorney, Emporia, Mays & Valentine, Richmond, on brief), for appellees.

Present: All the Justices.


COMPTON, Justice.

In this declaratory judgment proceeding, we consider whether the trial court correctly ruled that the County of Greensville may not construct and operate two circuit courthouses, and may not construct a new circuit courthouse at a site within the County without first obtaining referendum approval of the voters of both the County and the City of Emporia.

This controversy arose against the background of the following undisputed facts. Emporia...

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