Gorman v. City of Phoenix

STANFORD, Justice.

This is an annexation case and the appeal is by persons of the district who are opposed to its annexation to the City of Phoenix. The appeal is from an order of the superior court dismissing the complaint of the plaintiffs (appellants). The grounds of dismissal are that the complaint failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted, plaintiffs electing to stand on the complaint, after the motion was made.

The complaint, in part, alleged that the plaintiffs were residents and taxpayers of a district lying east of the City of Phoenix bounded on the north by Roosevelt…