City of Hobart v. Chidester

ON CIVIL PETITION TO TRANSFER

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

This appeal presents questions about what evidence a trial court may consider in proceedings contesting municipal annexations. It has been about twenty years since this Court last spoke on the subject.1 During these decades, both the statutes and case law in this area have continued to evolve. We grant transfer to address certain issues of statutory interpretation which have developed since our last visit.

I Case History

This case arose after the City of Hobart adopted ordinances to annex certain adjacent and contiguous portions of Ross…