Cherry v. City of Rock Hill
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Watts, J., York, Action by William J. Cherry against John W. Fewell, mayor, and Ed. E. Poag, Ed. R. Avery, A. J. Thompson, John J. Waters, W. J. Irby, and W. H. Wylie, aldermen, the city council of Rock Hill, on the following complaint: I. That the plaintiff, William J. Cherry, is a citizen of the said county and State, and a resident of Rock Hill, a city situated in the county and State aforesaid, duly incorporated as such by the laws of said State, with a city…
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Before Watts, J., York, Action by William J. Cherry against John W. Fewell, mayor, and Ed. E. Poag, Ed. R. Avery, A. J. Thompson, John J. Waters, W. J. Irby, and W. H. Wylie, aldermen, the city council of Rock Hill, on the following complaint: I. That the plaintiff, William J. Cherry, is a citizen of the said county and State, and a resident of Rock Hill, a city situated in the county and State aforesaid, duly incorporated as such by the laws of said State, with a city council as its municipal head. II. That the defendants, John W. Fewell, Ed. E. Poag, Ed. R. Avery, A. J. Thompson, John J.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice McIver.
Inasmuch as the sole question presented by this appeal is, whether the Circuit Judge, the Pión. R. C. Watts, erred in sustaining a demurrer, upon the ground that the complaint did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, a copy of the complaint should be incorporated by the reporter in his report of this case. We will, however, first state substantially the allegations of the complaint. In the first and second paragraphs the character of the parties — the plaintiff as a citizen and resident of the city of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- City of East St. Louis v. O'FlynnIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
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