Legal Opinion
City of Smyrna v. Adams
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided May 21, 2002No. A02A0018PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Barnes, Judge.
The City of Smyrna appeals the trial court’s order holding that it did not properly annex two parcels of property. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
On November 20, 2000, and March 19, 2001, Smyrna purported to annex two parcels of land, both abutting South Cobb Drive. Two landowners, William Adams and David C. Cole, petitioned the Superior Court of Cobb County for a declaratory judgment that Smyrna’s attempted annexations were null and void.
Smyrna contends that it properly annexed the parcels under OCGA § 36-36-92 (a), which provides that the city’s governing body “may…
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