Legal Opinion
Town of Forest Acres v. Town of Forest Lake
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided December 15, 1954No. 16942PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Oxner, Justice.
This action, brought by permission in the original jurisdiction of this Court, involves a second attempt to detach a portion of the town of Forest Acres and annex same to the adjacent town of Forest Lake. Both of these small municipalities are located in Richland County and there seems to be no end to the litigation between them.
In 1952, it was sought to annex to the town of Forest Lake an area consisting of a portion of the town of Forest Acres and some contiguous territory not within the corporate lipiits of any municipality. The question of said annexation was submitted both…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Thomas v. MacKlenSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1938
- Northwestern University v. Village of WilmetteIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
- Town of Forest Acres v. SeiglerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1953
- Owens v. SMITHSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1950
- Harrell v. City of ColumbiaSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1950
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Timmons v. South Carolina Tricentennial CommissionSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1970
- Martin v. CondonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1996
- ELLIOTT v. SlighSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1958
- Tovey v. City of CharlestonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1961
- State Ex Rel. Condon v. City of ColumbiaSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2000
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