Caroselli v. Town of Vail

VAN CISE, Judge.

In 1980, the town of Vail passed an ordinance ostensibly annexing an area known as “West Vail” following an election in which the majority of those voting, both landowners and non-property owning residents of West Vail, voted in favor of annexation. Plaintiff, Frank Caroselli, a resident landowner in West Vail who had opposed annexation at all of the preliminary proceedings and at the election, filed this action as an aggrieved person under § 31-12-116, C.R.S. (1977 Repl. Vol. 12), attacking the annexation on several grounds. After a hearing, the trial court dismissed the…