Legal Opinion
In Re Proposal to Incorporate the Town of Chesapeake
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided October 14, 1947No. 9964PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOX, PRESIDENT:
On. July 20, 1946, a group of citizens residing in the community of Chesapeake in Kanawha County, West Virginia, petitioned the Circuit Court of Kanawha County to issue a certificate of incorporation to the Town of Chesapeake as a municipal corporation, under the provisions of Article 2 of Chapter 8 of the Code, embracing territory specifically described in said petition. From said petition, it appears that the population of the territory proposed to be incorporated was less than two thousand, and, so far as we have been able to observe, the requirements necessary to justify…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- State v. HardenWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1907
- State v. HuberWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1946
- Hodges v. Public Service CommissionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1931
- Sims v. FisherWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1943
- Marguerite Coal Co. v. Meadow River Lumber Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1925
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Central West Virginia Refuse, Inc. v. Public Service CommissionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1993
- Wiseman v. CalvertWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1950
- Oakley v. GainerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1985
- Smith v. SidersWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1971
- Application of DaileyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1995
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