City of Roanoke v. County of Roanoke

204 Va. 157 (1963)

CITY OF ROANOKE

v.

COUNTY OF ROANOKE, ET AL.

Record No. 5427.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 4, 1963.

Kossen Gregory and Samuel H. Williams (Randolph G. Whittle, City Attorney; Richard T. Edwards, on brief), for the plaintiff in error.

Present, Eggleston, C.J., and Spratley, Buchanan, Snead, I'Anson and

1. The city of Roanoke, with a population of 97,000 and an area of 26.18 square miles, instituted proceedings to annex 31.23 square miles of the county of Roanoke containing a population of 17,357, in which area lay 40 per cent of the county's assessed values. On appeal by the city…