Meyer v. City of Grand Island

The district court rendered a declaratory judgment upholding an annexation ordinance of the City of Grand Island. Plaintiffs have appealed. Their complaints are: (1) The court relieved the city from a pretrial stipulation and submission of the cause after trial; and (2) the mayor and council had enacted the ordinance without conducting a trial-type evidentiary hearing or making an express finding on the character of the land.

Plaintiffs owned subdivision lots located approximately % mile west of Grand Island and % mile west of the east subdivision boundary. The subdivision was adjoined by…