City of Cedar Rapids v. Cox

Plaintiff, City of Cedar Rapids, brought this action in district court pursuant to section 362.26 of the Code for annexation of between 12 and 13 square miles of unincorporated territory adjacent to the city. The trial court denied annexation and the city appealed. A cross-appeal by defendants tenders jurisdictional and constitutional questions.

I. The facts are not in material dispute. The dispute involves the premise from which the facts should be considered and of course the conclusions to be drawn therefrom.

Although subsequently repeated, we deem it appropriate to say in the beginning that…