Legal Opinion
McMahon v. City of Virginia Beach
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 6, 1980No. Record 781028PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCochran, J.
This appeal presents the question whether a city may by ordinance require landowners who possess adequate supplies of potable water provided by their privately owned wells to connect with the municipal water supply system when the ordinance does not require use of the city water.
In the trial court, the Committee to Save Our Wells, an unincorporated association, and more than 200 individual landowners, 1 including B. F. McMahon, filed a bill of complaint for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief against the City of Virginia Beach (the City). Plaintiffs sought an adjudication that the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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