Court Opinion

ID: 9540901
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 16:20:36.562145+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:01:34.337298
License: Public Domain

On rehearing: Plaintiff insists we have overlooked the question relating to the form of ballot, and maintains that the form used was not appropriate for submitting the issue whether one municipality shall be annexed to another. The ballot was in the form prescribed by section 12, under the-provisions of which the proceedings were expressly instituted. The position is untenable that section 12, and the form of ballot required thereby, are restricted to annexations of municipalities “to each other.” In prescribing the procedure whereby “Any municipality may be annexed to another municipality to which it adjoins,” section 12 is expressly made applicable to such annexations, and no discretion is vested in the municipal authorities as to the form of ballot to be used. Rehearing is denied. Mr. Chief Justice Simpson took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.