Griffin v. City of Canon City

The parties appear here in the same order as in the trial court and we will refer to the plaintiffs in error as contestants and to defendant in error as Canon City or City. Certain parties were permitted to intervene and joined in the arguments advanced by the City in the trial court but do not appear here. The controversy arises out of the annexation of the Town of South Canon to the City of Canon City under the provisions of C.R.S. ’53, 139-9-13 and 14.

At an election held on July 28, 1959, a majority of the electors of both the Town of South Canon and the City of Canon City approved a…