ELWOOD CONSTRUCTION CO. v. RICHARDS

20080

265 S.C. 228 (1975)

217 S.E.2d 769

ELWOOD CONSTRUCTION CO., by Harold L. Elrod, its President and principal stockholders, as a duly qualified freeholder in the area in Goose Creek Parish sought to be annexed by the Town of Goose Creek, and, in behalf of itself and all other duly qualified voters in said area in like plight, et al., Appellants, v. James M. RICHARDS, Mayor of the City of Goose Creek, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

August 7, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Baker & Miller, and W. Turner Logan, of Charleston, for Appellants.

Messrs. Sinkler, Gibbs, Simons & Guerard, of Charleston, and Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen., of Columbia, for Respondents.

Messrs. Baker & Miller, and W. Turner Logan, of Charleston, for Appellants, in Reply.


August 7, 1975.

LITTLEJOHN, Justice:

This action was brought by freeholders to invalidate the annexation of Boulder Bluff subdivision by the city of Goose Creek. The complaint alleges that the annexation brought about as a result of a vote taken on June 8, 1971, is invalid for several reasons. It is alleged, inter alia, that the city of Goose Creek comprises approximately one thousand four hundred (1400) acres, and that the proposed annexed area comprises...

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