Buchanan v. City of Dayton

PALMORE, Judge.

In 1954, Dayton, a 4th class city located’ on the Ohio River in Campbell County, filed' a suit under KRS 84.210 to annex a 57-acre-territory contiguous to its southeast corner. Affected parties remonstrated in the manner authorized by KRS 84.220. On February 2, 1957, while that proceeding in the circuit court lay dormant and untried, the city enacted a new ordinance proposing to annex the same area plus an adjacent 270 acres contiguous to the east city limits. The present annexation suit covering the entire area was filed on April 4, 1957. Thereafter, on. May 27, 1957, by leave…