Legal Opinion
Town of Forest Acres v. Seigler
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided September 28, 1953No. 16782PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Oxner, Justice.
The question presented by this appeal is whether under the statutes of this' state, a portion of one municipality may be annexed to another without submitting the question of said detachment to the voters of the municipality whose area is to be reduced.
The towns of Forest Acres and Forest Lake, both small municipal corporations, are adjacent. A petition was filed by a majority of the freeholders of an area consisting of a portion of the town of Forest Acres and some contiguous territory not within the corporate limits of any municipality, asking that an election be ordered on…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Independence Ins. v. Independent Life & Acc. Ins.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1950
- Village of North Fargo v. City of FargoNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1923
- Dennis v. Independent School District of WalkerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1914
- State v. Meares, Supt. EducationSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1928
- Whitmire v. Cass, MayorSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1948
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Joseph P. Ruth, Sometimes Also Known as J. P. Ruth v. The Eagle-Picher Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1955
- Glaze v. GroomsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1996
- Abell v. BellSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1956
- State v. ConallySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1955
- Tovey v. City of CharlestonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1961
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