Town of Coralville v. Great Lakes Pipe Line Company

Plaintiff, Town of Coralville, brought this action in district court under the provisions of section 362.26 of the Code for annexation of approximately 46.4 acres of land owned by defendant adjacent to and contiguous with the northern boundary of 'the town. It was stipulated that all the procedural requirements of subsections 1 through 4 inclusive of the governing statute had been fulfilled.

The trial court, in a decree entered prior to our pronouncement in City of Cedar Rapids v. Cox, 252 Iowa 948, 108 N.W.2d 253, denied annexation. The town appealed.

Town of Coralville is a municipal…