McDowell & Craig v. City of Santa Fe Springs

In this appeal from a judgment denying a writ of mandate and upholding the validity of an annexation of inhabited territory undertaken by respondent City of Santa Fe Springs, we have concluded that the trial court correctly resolved the issue of the time at which under pertinent statutes contiguity of the new territory to the city is to be determined, and that the judgment should be affirmed.

The undisputed facts are as follows:

On May 22, 1957, the city council of Santa Fe Springs passed a resolution approving the circulation of a petition for the annexation of the parcel of inhabited land…