Pirtle v. City of Jackson

OPINION

COOPER, Justice.

This is an appeal from a decree of the Chancery Court of Madison County upholding the validity of the ordinance annexing the Bemis and north of Bemis areas of Madison County to the City of Jackson. Appellants, residents of the areas annexed, insist the ordinance was invalid in that it was procedurally defective and was unreasonable and unnecessary in consideration of the health, safety, and welfare of residents of the annexed areas and also of the City of Jackson. Appellants also insist the chancellor erred in placing entirely on them the burden of proving the…