Johnson v. Sandy City Corporation

CROCKETT, Justice:

Defendant Sandy City appeals from a judgment of the district court which declares void a purported annexation of lands contiguous to its western boundary.

Plaintiff Mabel Johnson initiated this proceeding (which she characterized as quo warranto)1 seeking an adjudication that the purported annexation of four tracts of land lying west of Sandy City was void because it had not been done in compliance with the law. The parties agreed to limit the proceedings to one tract, upon the assumption that the adjudication would be the same as .to all four.

Under our law cities and towns…