City of Bristol v. Town of Bluff City

OPINION

FRANKS, Judge.

In this annexation dispute the principal issue is whether the town of Bluff City timely questioned the legality of the city of Bristol’s annexation. The Trial Judge at the behest of Bluff City held under the Declaratory Judgment Act that the city of Bristol’s annexation was illegal and void.

Pertinent to the issues herein, Bristol passed on first reading an ordinance annexing along Highway HE on September 5, 1989. The annexation ordinance was not challenged and became effective on October 19, 1989. On October 17, 1991, Bluff City undertook to revive its annexation of the…