Bryant v. City of Charleston, 22845
| Citation | 295 S.C. 408,368 S.E.2d 899 |
| Decision Date | 14 March 1988 |
| Docket Number | No. 22845,22845 |
| Court | United States State Supreme Court of South Carolina |
| Parties | Martha G. BRYANT, James Island Public Service District, St. Andrews Public Service District, Frank Richardson, Jr., and Jimmy Lee Green, Respondents, v. The CITY OF CHARLESTON, Joseph P. Riley, Jr., Mayor of the City of Charleston, Mary R. Wrixon, Clerk of the City Council of the City of Charleston and W. Foster Gaillard, Jerome Kinloch, Daniel L. Richardson, Hilda Hutchinson Jefferson, Arthur W. Christopher, Brenda C. Scott, Robert Ford, Esther H. Tecklenburg, Mary R. Ader, Steven L. Baker, W.L. Stephens, Jr., Edward H. Cochran, constituting the members of the City Council of the City of Charleston, Appellants. and Irene C. BRUNSON, B.A. Foreman, James Island Public Service District, Frank Richardson, Jr., and Jimmy Lee Green, Respondents, v. The CITY OF CHARLESTON, Joseph P. Riley, Jr., Mayor of the City of Charleston, Mary R. Wrixon, Clerk of the City Council of the City of Charleston and W. Foster Gaillard, Jerome Kinloch, Daniel L. Richardson, Hilda Hutchinson Jefferson, Arthur W. Christopher, Brenda C. Scott, Robert Ford, Esther H. Tecklenburg, Mary R. Ader, Steven L. Baker, W.L. Stephens, Jr., Edward H. Cochran, constituting the members of the City Council of the City of Charleston, Appellants. and JAMES ISLAND PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT, Frank Richardson, Jr., James Island Yacht Club and Jimmy Lee Green, Respondents, v. The CITY OF CHARLESTON, Joseph P. Riley, Jr., Mayor of the City of Charleston, Mary R. Wrixon, Clerk of the City Council of the City of Charleston, and W. Foster Gaillard, Jerome Kinloch, Daniel L. Richardson, Hilda Hutchinson Jefferson, Arthur W. Christopher, Brenda C. Scott, Robert Ford, Esther H. Tecklenburg, Mary R. Ader, Steven L. Baker, W.L. Stephens, Jr., Edward H. Cochran, constituting the members of the City Council of the City of Charleston, Appellants. and Jimmy Lee GREEN, James Island Public Service District and Frank Richardson, Jr., Plaintiffs, of whom Frank Richardson, Jr., is Respondent, v. The CITY OF CHARLESTON, Joseph P. Riley |
Corp. Counsel William B. Regan, and Asst. Corp. Counsel Frances I. Cantwell, Charleston, for appellants.
David G. Jennings, Charleston, for respondents.
This appeal consolidates for review five actions challenging the validity of various annexations to the City of Charleston. In each case the Circuit Court found the ordinance ratifying annexation invalid. We reverse.
Each annexation was achieved pursuant to S.C.Code Ann. § 5-3-150 (1976) which provides for annexation of an area "contiguous" to a city by petition of its freeholders. 1 Each area annexed shares some common boundary with the City of Charleston. The Circuit Court, however, found the properties did not qualify as "contiguous" because they did not...
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