White v. Romney

Bbannon, Judge:

The town of Romney is a municipal corporation holding its* charter under chapter 47 of the Code. In June, 1911, the town filed in the circuit court of Hampshire county a petition seeking to condemn a small parcel of land having upon it a spring of water, for the purpose of supplying the town with an adequate supply of water for the public use, which land is the prop*607erty of John .Baker White. The said White seeks a writ of prohibition from this Court to prohibit the said circuit court and town of Romney from entertaining and prosecuting the said condemnation proceeding. The…