State ex rel. Helm v. Town of Benson

LOCKWOOD, Justice.

Action was brought by appellant, State of Arizona, through Lloyd C. Helm as County Attorney of Cochise County, to declare invalid an annexation of certain territory in Cochise County by the Town of Benson. The complaint alleges that the petition for annexation was not legally presented to the town council before the annexation ordinance was enacted, that it was not signed by the owners of one-half the value of the real and personal property subject to taxation, that it was not signed by persons authorized to do so and that there was no legal cause for the passage of the…