Civil City of Gas City v. Eastbrook Community School Corp.

The appellees brought a declaratory judgment action against appellants seeking to have an annexation ordinance of the Civil City of Gas City declared invalid. The trial court found that plaintiff Nelson Jim Hayes was a real property owner and taxpayer of the city and concluded that he had standing to maintain the action. The court also found that the territory sought to be annexed was not contiguous to the city *42and concluded as a matter of law that the city was without jurisdiction to adopt the ordinance which was therefore void ab initio. The city contends that the court’s findings,…