Garland v. Town of Ville Platte

CULPEPPER, Judge.

The plaintiffs, resident property owners in an area which was annexed to the corporate limits of the defendant, Town of Ville Platte, seek nullification of the ordinance of annexation. From an adverse judgment they appeal.1

The first grounds of attack on the ordinance is that it was prematurely adopted *452before the expiration of the 10-day delay set forth in the following portion of LSA-R.S. 33:172, the statute authorizing the annexation:

“Notice by publication shall be given once of the filing of the petition in some newspaper published or having general circulation in the…