Legal Opinion
City of Portsmouth v. City of Chesapeake
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 15, 1964No. Record 5725PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEggleston, C. J.
On December 11, 1961, pursuant to Code, 1956 Replacement Vol., § 15-152.5, the City of Portsmouth filed in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Norfolk County a petition for the annexation of certain territory lying in Norfolk County and adjacent to the city. Attached to the petition was a certified copy of an ordinance adopted by the council of the city on December 9, setting forth the necessity for an expediency of such annexation and the metes and bounds and size of the territory sought to be annexed.
After the required preliminary orders had been entered and a three-judge court…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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3Cited by43 opinions
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