Town of Bloomfield v. Muir

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Rees

Affirming.

Bloomfield is a town of tlie sixth class, and, by an ordinance duly passed by its board of trustees on November 17, 1925, it sought to annex to its corporate limits certain adjacent territory containing 61 acres of land. The area of the present boundary of the town is 125 acres.

Within 30 days after the enactment of the ordinance, the appellee, Nat J. Muir, and 30 others, who were resident freeholders of the territory proposed to be annexed, filed their petition in the circuit court, setting forth reasons why the territory should not be annexed to the…