Carter v. City of Sherwood

George Rose Smith, Justice.

At an annexation election held on August 3, 1976, the voters approved the annexation of certain territory to the City of Sherwood. The appellants then filed this proceeding in the circuit court to contest the election on several grounds. The circuit court upheld the annexation. Since we find that the contestants’ position must be sustained on one particular ground, we discuss only that one issue.

The statute requires that the ordinance calling the election “include a schedule of the services of the annexing city that will be extended to the area within three years…