Edgecombe v. City of Rulo

This action was brought under section 4263, Comp. St. 1922, to have certain tracts of land, aggregating 136 acres, detached from the corporate limits of the city of Rulo. The trial resulted in a decree detaching all except a minor part of the lands described, and defendant city has appealed.

The city of Rulo was incorporated in 1858 by a special act of the territorial legislature. The land in question is all owned by the plaintiff Edgecombe; the other plaintiffs are legal voters residing on the land. The lands were at one time platted either as a part of the original incorporated city or of…