STATE EX INF. VOIGTS, ETC. v. City of Pleasant Valley

SHANGLER, Presiding Judge.

The City of Pleasant Valley appeals from a judgment of the circuit court ousting it, by writ of quo warranto, from proceeding further with its attempted annexation of certain territory in Clay County also claimed by relator City of Liberty.

The dispute involves the annexation of two distinct land areas. What we refer to as “Tract 1” is that land in contention which lies in Sections 22 and 23, and “Tract 2” is the land in Sections 13, 25, 26 and 27, all in Township 51 North, Range 32 West.

The ouster proceedings which we now review were precipitated by these events: On…