City of North Little Rock v. Garner

Lyle Brown, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the lower court granting appellees’ motion for summary judgment in their suit challenging the validity of annexation proceedings by the City of North Little Rock. Pursuant to Act 298 of 1971 (codified as Ark. Stat. Ann. § 19-307.1 et seq. Supp. 1973), the City Council of North Little Rock passed an ordinance providing for the annexation. An election was held and a majority of the qualified electors voting in the election approved the ordinance. Appellees, who are landowners in the area to be annexed, thereafter filed their remonstrance in…