Contested Rutland property injunction continued
POMEROY – The case regarding Rutland Village Council for the alleged intent to sell what the Meigs County Commissioners contend is county property will be continued until Feb. 10 at 9 a.m.
An injunction had been filed by the Meigs County Prosecuting Attorney James Stanley on behalf of the Meigs County Commissioners and was scheduled to be heard in the Meigs County Court of Common Pleas before Judge I. Carson Crow. The matter will now be continued, with the temporary injunction and restraining order in place keeping the Village of Rutland from selling the contested property.
In an article published Wednesday, Jan. 25, Meigs Independent Press reported the concern of the Commissioners was that the county assumed responsibility for over $500,000 of debt for the Village in order to prevent lenders of the Village from collecting the debt from residents.
Meigs residents bore the cost of the Rutland bailout, and the commissioners ability to develop the property would assist in payment of the debt.
The Commissioners contend they have a legal claim and the sale of the property by the Village would compromise the counties “right of possession and ownership of the property because it would be unlawfully granted to a third party.”
The original articles on this case are linked below.
