City of Muncie v. Lowe

OPINION

STATON, Judge.

This consolidated appeal arises from the City of Muncie’s (the “City”) attempt to annex two areas of land adjacent to the City. Property owners (the “Remonstrators”) from each of the annexed areas filed remonstrance petitions, which the trial court granted. The City raises two issues on appeal, which we restate as:

I. Whether the trial court erred by granting the remonstrance petitions based upon the City’s failure to assign the annexed territory to councilmanie districts.

II. Whether the Remonstrators have standing to challenge the City’s failure to assign the annexed…