Johnston v. County of Fairfax

This proceeding was instituted on October 6, 1966, pursuant to the provisions of § 15.1-1034, Code of 1950, as amended, 1964 Repl. Vol., by petitioners Edward C. Johnston and one hundred and eighty-one other persons, constituting more than fifty-one per centum of the qualified voters residing in an area of Fairfax County adjacent to the City of Falls Church, seeking its annexation to the City of Falls Church. The city and the county were made parties defendant. The city favored annexation of the area, and the county opposed it. Subsequently, Elizabeth A. Blystone and twenty-three other…