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· 10/17/1910

Green v. Atherton

Citations

  • 218 U.S. 688
  • 31 S. Ct. 221
  • 54 L. Ed. 1210
  • 1910 U.S. LEXIS 2149

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  • granting mandamus relief requiring vote on petition seeking incorporation of city, where petition signatures and map found in substantial conformity with statute
  • “Long, narrow, ribbon-like communities are characteristic features of human settlements in the valleys of the central Appalachian plateau of North America.”

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