Elliott v. City of Fort Collins

Pursuant to special statute, a petition for annexation of a certain area to the City of Fort Collins was presented to the city council on February 2, 1956. The petition substantially complied with the annexation statute and was accepted by resolution of the council on February 9 following, and thereupon council ordered the city clerk to publish notice of a hearing on the ordinance for March 22, 1956. On that date a counterpetition was presented to the city council in opposition to the annexation and requesting that an election be called.

The annexation ordinance was passed on first reading on…