Bloxton v. McWorter
West Virginia Supreme Court
Application of R. J. Bloxton and another for a writ of prohibition against J. M. McWhorter, Judge of the circuit court, and others.
1Opinion of the Court
McWhorter, Judge:
Application was made to the circuit court of Fayette County by John Poteet, Stewart Blake, J. S. Boggess, W. W. Garrettson, and N. M. Jenkin, under the provisions of chapter 47 of the Code, for the incorporation, to be called the town of “Hill Top,” of certain territory in the district of Fayetteville, in said county, containing one thousand eight hundred and three acres, and a population of two hundred and eighty-one. On the 1st day of March, 1898, an order was made by the said court reciting that satisfactory proof was made that all the provisions of chapter 47 of the Code…
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