Oak Grove Concerned Citizens, Inc. v. City of Hattiesburg

HAWKINS, Presiding Justice,

for the court:

This case is before us on two separate appeals from the decree of the Forrest County Chancery Court denying in part and affirming in part an ordinance of the City of Hattiesburg seeking to extend and enlarge its municipal corporate limits. The City appeals the chancellor’s decision to deny the city’s annexation of certain Lamar County lands. The Oak Grove Concerned Citizens Association and the Shadow Wood/Richburg Concerned Citizens Association appeal the chancellor’s decision to allow the annexation of certain Lamar County lands. We affirm.

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