City of Cedar Falls v. Sieglaff

Forty-seven defendants owning 25 parcels of land with a total area of about 780 acres or 28.5 percent of the 4.3 square miles of unincorporated territory plaintiff City of Cedar Falls seeks to annex under section 362.26, Code, 1962, have appealed from the decree of annexation following trial in equity. The remaining defendants were in default.

The single proposition relied on for reversal is that plaintiff has wholly failed to show it is capable of extending into the affected territory substantial municipal services and benefits not theretofore enjoyed by such territory and the evidence…