Saunders v. City of Little Rock

Conley Byrd, Justice.

Appellants, Arthur B. Saunders, et al appeal from an order of the circuit court upholding the annexation of 55 square miles of territory to the City of Little Rock. Appellants, while conceding that a portion of the 55 square miles is subject to annexation, contend that some five to ten thousand acres of mining lands and some 12 square miles of flood lands do not qualify for annexation to the City of Little Rock within the meaning of Ark. Stat. Ann. § 19-307.1 (Supp. 1975), which provides:

“Any municipality may by vote of two-thirds of the total number of members making up…