Gay v. City of Springdale

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

The City Council of Springdale adopted an ordinance which proposed the annexation of five separate tracts of land totaling 7,000 acres. The land was predominantly used for agricultural purposes. An election was held, and the vote was in favor of the annexation. The remonstrants challenged the annexation in circuit court. The trial court upheld the annexation. We reverse.

The first paragraph of our annexation statute provides that a city may annex lands when one of five criteria is met.

Any municipality may . . . adopt an ordinance to annex lands contiguous to said…