Carter v. Allen

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

NAJAM, Judge.

We are asked to decide whether the Town of Carefree, Indiana, was lawfully incorporated. Appellants, the officers of the Town Board of Carefree (the "officers"), bring this appeal from the trial court's judgment in favor of Lester L. Allen ("Allen"). Allen, a property owner in an area of Crawford County within the purported Town of Carefree, filed a complaint to enjoin the officers from restricting the use of his real property, from requiring him to pay assessments and from placing any encumbrances against his property. Allen contended that the officers did…