Lee v. City of Pine Bluff

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

This is an annexation case involving the City of Pine Bluff. Pine Bluff sought to extend its boundaries to conform to the actual growth of the city beyond its legal limits and to encompass land needed for municipal purposes. The proposal, by way of an ordinance, included eight separate tracts of contiguous land spaced around the existing city limits. The area encompasses 9,147 acres and includes over 6,000 people. The annexation was approved at an election and a map was duly filed reflecting the new city limits. Several landowners from some of the annexed tracts filed…