Beckett v. Board of Supervisors

The dispositive question in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in refusing to invalidate a County Board of Supervisors’ allowance of attorneys’ fees to law firms that represented the County’s administrator in the defense of criminal charges.

Six freeholders of Accomack County 1 instituted this suit pursuant to Code § 15.1-550 2 to challenge a decision of the Accomack County Board of Supervisors (the Board) allowing payment of certain legal fees incurred by C. M. Williams, Jr., the County Administrator. The fees were incurred in connection with Williams’ successful defense of charges…