Arey v. Lindsey
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree pronounced by the Circuit Court of Rockingham county, in a suit in chancery, wherein the a£>pellees were the complainants, and the appellants were the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
By an act of the General Assembly, approved February 16, 1901 (Acts of Extra Session 1901, p. 267), the charter of the town of Bridgewater was amended. This amendment, which extended the corporate limits, was, however, by the terms of the act, not to be effective until it had been ratified and approved by a majority of the qualified voters of Bridgewater precinct, residing within the corporate limits proposed by the amendment. To ascertain the wishes of those entitled to vote on the question, the act provided for three special elections, the first to be held on the fourth Thursday in May,…
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