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GLAZE v. GROOMS

No. 24529.

324 S.C. 249 (1996)

478 S.E.2d 841

Gettys M. GLAZE, Robert B. Kizer, Catherine E. White, and the City of Charleston, a Municipal Corporation, Respondents, v. Jack GROOMS, Elizabeth Green, Pamela Ohlandt, William Wilder and George Bloodworth, in their Official Capacities as Commissioners of Election for the Proposed Town of James Island, and in their official capacities as managers of Election for the proposed Town of James Island, James Miles, in his capacity as Secretary of State for the State of South Carolina, and the Town of James Island, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided November 18, 1996.

Rehearing Denied December 20, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Reese Daniel, Columbia, Melinda A. Lucka, James Island, and J. Christian Adams, General Counsel for the South Carolina Secretary of State, Columbia, for appellants.

Frances I. Cantwell and William B. Regan, Charleston, for respondents.

WALLER, Justice:

This case involves a challenge to the 1992 incorporation of the Town of James Island. The circuit court ruled the incorporation invalid due to a lack of contiguity of the areas incorporated. We affirm.

FACTS

In June, 1992, certain residents of the unincorporated areas of James Island petitioned the Secretary of State seeking to incorporate into a municipality. The Secretary issued a commission to four individuals (the Appellants...

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