State Ex Rel. Jordan v. City of Overland Park

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fontron, J.:

This action challenges the validity of a series of annexations to the city of Overland Park, Kansas. The trial court held the ordinances under which the annexations were accomplished to be invalid, and entered judgment in favor of the plaintiff. The city brings this appeal.

For the sake of clarity as well as convenience we shall refer to the appellee as the state, or plaintiff, and to the appellant as the city, or defendant.

Commencing August 16, 1971, and ending August 25, 1971, the governing body of Overland Park enacted eight separate…