Legal Opinion
In re the City of Beckley to Annex ex rel. West Virginia Route 3 Right-of-Way Beginning at the Present Corporate Limits
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided July 11, 1995No. 22596PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Justice,
Retired, sitting by temporary assignment:
The City of Beckley (City) appeals an order of the Circuit Court of Raleigh County rejecting its petition for a minor boundary adjustment, which had been approved by the County Commission of Raleigh County (Commission). The City claims that the court erred in allowing non-freeholders to challenge the annexation by way of a writ of prohibition and in holding that the annexation by a minor boundary adjustment was invalid.
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In 1993, the City sought an annexation by a minor boundary adjustment under W.Va. Code, 8-6-5 (1989) of property along…
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