State Ex Rel. Halloran v. Hawes

This is an action in mandamus to require the respondent, the county clerk of Adams County, Nebraska, to call an election under the provisions of section 79-801, R. R. S. 1943. Peremptory writ of mandamus issued. Following trial the District Court for Adams County set aside the peremptory writ of mandamus and dismissed the relators’ petition. The relators have appealed.

On July 26, 1976, the city council of Hastings, a first class city, duly adopted ordinances which annexed certain contiguous territory to the city. The parties to this proceeding have stipulated that the territory annexed was,…