Legal Opinion
People for Preservation & Development of Five Mile Prairie v. City of Spokane
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided June 21, 1988No. 8744-1-IIIPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcInturff, C.J.
People for the Preservation of Five Mile Prairie and several individuals (hereafter referred to as Landowners) appeal a judgment dismissing their writ of certiorari to review the enactment of an ordinance annexing part of Five Mile Prairie. They contend, inter alia, the Spokane City Council lacked jurisdiction to entertain the petition for annexation because the petition did not contain the number of signatures required by statute.
On August 20, 1984, the City Council adopted an ordinance which annexed 199 acres of land on Five Mile Prairie. The Landowners applied to the superior court for a…
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