Town of Medley v. McCahill

The Town of Medley has appealed a final decree excluding from the Town 129 .acres owned by Elva A. McCahill, the ap-pellee. The action was instituted by Mrs. McCahill by filing a petition pursuant to § 171.02, Fla.Stat., F.S.A., which provides a method for the exclusion of land from the limits of a municipal corporation containing less than 150 qualified electors.

It is immediately apparent from the evidence submitted that the exclusion of the land involved will cut the Town into two separate parts connected only by a county road along the Miami Canal. The basis upon which the petition was…