City of Clinton v. Owners of the Property Situated Within Certain Described Boundaries

REYNOLDSON, Justice.

This is an equity, action for the annexation of certain territory by the city of Clinton under §§ 362.26 and 362.27, Code, 1966. From decree of trial court ordering the annexation, defendants appeal. We affirm.

In March 1964 a comprehensive plan for plaintiff city was prepared by Harland Bartholomew and Associates of St. Louis, Missouri. Acceptance by city council resolution followed on February 22, 1965. This master plan described Clinton as then including an area of about 12 square miles, approximately one-fourth of which was unusable land, and water areas. Proj ecting a…