Rhame v. Durant
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Petition by John C. Rhame and James M. Smith against D. E. DuRant, J. P. Kilgore, T. S. DuBose and Stanyarne Bui rows for injunction. The opinions in this case were filed on September 30, 1912, and the case was then ordered reargued before the Court en banc because there was involved a question of constitutional law on which the entire Court is not agreed.
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Petition by John C. Rhame and James M. Smith against D. E. DuRant, J. P. Kilgore, T. S. DuBose and Stanyarne Bui rows for injunction. The opinions in this case were filed on September 30, 1912, and the case was then ordered reargued before the Court en banc because there was involved a question of constitutional law on which the entire Court is not agreed. This order was revoked on November 30, 1912, on the ground that the Justices of this Court have reached the same conclusion as to the form of the judgment that should be rendered.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Hydrick.
The petitioners seek to enjoin proceedings which have been commenced to cut off a part of Dee county and annex it to Sumter county. Ree county was created in the year 1902, under the constitution of 1895, and statutes enacted in accordance with its provisions. It contains 410 j/2 square miles. The territory which it is proposed to take from it contains nine square miles; therefore, over 400 square miles will be left in the county.
The question is whether this reduction of its area can be made without violating the Constitution.…
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