In Re the Disconnection of Territory & Restriction of the Corporate Limits of the City of Draper

STEWART, Justice:

A petition for disconnection of certain land from the City of Draper was filed pursuant to Utah Code Ann., 1953, § 10-2-501 to 10-2-503, as amended in 1977. In a lengthy, thorough, and scholarly memorandum opinion, the trial court held that petitioners had met the statutory procedural and substantive requirements and entered a decree ordering disconnection. Draper City, appellant, seeks a reversal of the de cree, asserting that petitioners for disconnection failed to meet their burden of proof and that the governing statutory criteria require denial of the petition. We affirm…