Brodie v. City of Missoula

The City of Missoula, on its own initiative and over the pro test of plaintiff property owners, annexed into the city their 30 acre tract of land entirely surrounded by the city. Plaintiff property owners sought a writ of mandate to set aside the annexation, but the district court of Missoula county, Hon. B. Gardner Brownlee, district judge, entered an order and judgment quashing the alternative writ thereby denying the requested relief. From this order and judgment, plaintiff property owners appeal.

Plaintiffs are Stephen D. Brodie and James Lee who jointly own the annexed 30 acre tract. This…