Case Name: Church and Others v. The Town of Knightstown
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1871-05
Citations: 35 Ind. 177
Docket Number: 
Parties: Church and Others v. The Town of Knightstown.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Reports
Volume: 35
Pages: 177–178

Head Matter:
Church and Others v. The Town of Knightstown.
Town.—Annexing Territory.—Appeal.—The action of the board of county commissioners in annexing contiguous territory, not platted or recorded, to a town, is final, and no appeal lies therefrom.
APPEAL from the Henry Circuit Court.

Opinion:
Downey, C. J.
This was a proceeding' instituted before the board of commissioners of Plenry county, for the annexation of contiguous territory, not platted or recorded, to the town of Knightstown, under sections 51 and 52, 1 G, & H. 630.
The commissioners ordered the annexation, and the ob jectors appealed to the circuit court, where there was a similar result. They now appeal to this court.
y. PI. Mellett and M. E. Forkner, for appellants.
S'. E. Perkins and S'. E. Perkins, fr., for appellee.
We have decided, at the present term of this c.ourt, in the case of the Trustees of the Town of Princeton v. Manck, ante, p.51, that there is no appeal from the action of the commissioners in such a case, and that their action is final.
The judgment is reversed, with costs, and the cause remanded to the circuit court, with instructions to dismiss the appeal.