Cedar Creek Properties, Inc. v. Board of County Commissioners

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Six, J.:

This is an “island annexation” case which addresses the issue of standing. The land to be annexed does not adjoin any city. We call upon statutory construction concepts in dealing with this issue of first impression: the interpretation of K.S.A. 12-520c.

The case is before us on a petition for review from the Court of Appeals decision in Cedar Creek Properties, Inc. v. Board of Johnson County Comm’rs, 13 Kan. App. 2d 734, 779 P.2d 463 (1989). Plaintiffs Cedar Creek Properties, Inc., Ash Grove Cement Company, and R. J. Anderson (adjoining…