City of Martinsville v. County of Henry

In May, 1962, the City of Martinsville filed in the court below a motion for the annexation of certain territory lying in Henry County. The motion was based on an ordinance adopted by the council of the city which set forth the necessity and expediency for the annexation, and purported to show the metes and bounds and size of the area sought to be annexed and other information required by Code, § 15-152.3. Attached to the ordinance was a copy of a map alleged to be on file in the office of the city clerk and which, it was said, “indicates generally subdivisions, industrial areas, farm areas,…