Ivie v. City of Oceanlake

This is a suit for a declaratory judgment, brought by E. R. Ivie and Maude Walling Wanker, as plaintiffs, against the city of Oceanlake and others, as *419defendants, to determine the validity of a special election conducted to annex certain territory to the city of Oceanlake. After defendants filed their answer, the plaintiffs, without replying, moved for judgment on the pleadings. The trial court found that there were no disputed issues of fact, allowed the motion, and entered a decree declaring the election void. Defendants appeal from this decree.

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