TOWN OF OXFORD v. STATE

7 Div. 129, 130.

58 So.2d 604 (1952)

TOWN OF OXFORD v. STATE ex rel. HOWLE et al. TOWN OF OXFORD v. STATE ex rel. PETTUS et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied May 15, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Young & Young, Anniston, for appellant.

Merrill, Merrill & Vardaman, Anniston, for appellees.


FOSTER, Justice.

The question on this appeal is whether section 135(9), Title 37, Code, which provides for the consent of certain groups of residents in territory proposed to be annexed to an existing municipality, requires that there shall be a petition for such annexation which shall be signed by them, when there is nothing in the statute looking to a petition except that clause in section 135(9). It provides that their...

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