Lee v. City of Jesup

Mobley, Justice.

Petitioners, as taxpayers and residents of the City of Jesup and of the territory affected by the Act in question, filed their petition to have declared unconstitutional and void a special Act amending the charter of the City of Jesup and extending the corporate limits of the city to annex a small tract of land contiguous to the City of Jesup, and to enjoin the enforcement of said Act. An election had been held pursuant to the Act in which a majority of the combined votes of the voters in the city and in the area to be annexed was in favor of the annexation. Petitioners allege…