Givorns v. City of Valley

The plaintiffs appeal from a declaratory judgment entered in favor of the City of Valley. We affirm.

In 1990, residents living south of the City of Valley petitioned to have an election to determine whether the Judge Brown-Ben Road area could be annexed into the city. The proponents took petitions door to door so as to obtain sufficient signatures to satisfy the statutory requirements for annexation. Pursuant to Alabama Code 1975, § 11-42-2(10), owners of at least 60% of the property sought to be annexed consented to the annexation, their consent being evidenced by their signing a petition…