Cockerill v. City of Redding

Appellants City of Bedding and its council appeal from a judgment on a petition for certiorari by respondent landowners, ordering termination of proceedings under the Annexation Act of 1913. (Gov. Code, § 35100 et seq.) Prior to 1961 this act, which provides that protests filed by a majority (in assessed value) of landowners will defeat the annexation, contained no express provision authorizing the city council to permit withdrawal of protests once filed. Here, however, the city council permitted such withdrawals.

The sole question is whether in annexation proceedings municipalities possess…