Pavlik v. State, Department of Community & Regional Affairs

OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

This appeal arises from an action challenging the annexation of land to the City of Yakutat. The superior court entered summary judgment for the defendants on the basis of laches and equitable estoppel. We affirm.

On October 8, 1973, the City of Yakutat petitioned the Local Boundary Commission to annex certain adjacent land.1 On May 23, 1975, the commission held a properly noticed hearing2 on the petition. The area in which the twelve appellants live was not originally part of the land considered for annexation. These landowners and residents, therefore, did not attend…