City of Oak Ridge v. Roane County

OPINION

FONES, Justice.

This suit was brought by Roane County to void an annexation ordinance adopted by City of Oak Ridge on September 17, 1975. The suit was filed April 14, 1976, well beyond thirty days after the operative date of the Oak Ridge ordinance.

By appropriate amendment Roane County asserted its standing to bring the action as an owner of property within the territory to be annexed, and its right to maintain the suit is not an issue before this Court. See State v. Mayor of Morristown, 222 Tenn. 21, 431 S.W.2d 827 (1968).. Roane County alleged that the ordinance was void because (1)…