Rigelwood v. City of Bowling Green

CLAY, Commissioner.

Appellants, residents of an area proposed to be annexed by the City of Bowling Green, filed this action as a remonstrance against such annexation. The Chancellor, after hearing proof, decided that the ordinance governing the proceeding was valid, and that failure to annex would materially retard the prosperity of the City and the owners and inhabitants of the area sought to be annexed.

Appellees have moved to strike the bill of exceptions, because it was not filed in time. Appellants’ motion for a new trial was overruled during the May 1950 term. They were given until the…