People ex rel. City & County of Denver v. County Court

*437The parties herein will be referred to by name or as petitioners and respondents as may be appropriate for clarity.

Respondent County Commissioners of the County of Arapahoe brought a civil action in the County Court of Arapahoe County seeking to have declared null and void an ordinance of the City and County of Denver (Number 162, Series of 1956) which ordinance allegedly approved and accomplished the annexation of contiguous, unincorporated territory then in Arapahoe County, Colorado.

Respondents urged that the annexation was null and void because:

1. The territory was ineligible for…