Court Opinion

ID: 9569703
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 20:16:35.188997+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:03:47.598689
License: Public Domain

HOWE, Justice
(concurring):
I concur in deleting the 10th paragraph of the opinion. I would excise the four preceding paragraphs, viz., paragraphs 6, 7, 8 and 9 as well. The statements made therein are clearly dicta since they concern the annexation of property without the petition and consent of a majority of the owners thereof.
That question is not before us in this case and I desire to express no opinion whatever on that subject. Determination of that question should await a later case when the question is squarely before us and has been fully briefed and argued. The majority opinion seems to indicate that such an annexation could be made, but it does not recognize and give effect to the last sentence in § 10-2-416, U.C.A.1953, which provides “except as provided for in § 10-2-420 [dealing with annexation of islands and peninsulas], no annexation may be initiated except by a petition [of landowners] filed pursuant to the requirements set forth herein.”
That sentence is in conflict with statements made in paragraphs 6 through 10 of the majority opinion, and argues for the reservation of the expression of any opinion on the question of annexation until it is before us.