55 Neb. 738 | Neb. | 1898
The village of Syracuse presented its petition to the district court of Otoe county for the annexation of certain territory to the corporate limits of said village, and from a decree annexing a portion of the lands described in the petition the defendants have appealed.
It is insisted that the trial court erred in admitting the
The decree is assailed as being wholly unsupported by tbe evidence. Tbe suit' was instituted under and in pursuance of tbe provisions of section 99, article 1, chapter 14, Compiled Statutes 1895. This section authorizes tbe extension of the boundaries of a town or village so as to include adjacent lands, against tbe consent of tbe owner or owners, whether such territory has been subdivided into tracts or parcels of ten acres or less, or has not been so subdivided, in case tbe same would receive material benefits or advantages by it’s annexation to tbe corporation, or justice and equity require such annexation to be made. There was evidence conducing to show tbe location of tbe territory proposed to be annexed, its close proximity to the platted portion of the village and to the streets and sidewalks therein; that between 100 and 200 persons reside on tbe lands sought to be annexed;, also the population of tbe village, its improvements and surroundings, its advantages as a trading point, and for educational and church' purposes; and that tbe lands in question represented tbe growth of tbe village beyond its limits, and would receive material benefits by extending tbe boundaries of tbe village so as to include tbe same. On tbe other band, there was testimony of a very convincing character to the effect that annexation to tbe corporation of these lands would be a substantial detri
It is urged that as the tract belonging to Mr. De Long, one of the defendants, contains more than ten acres, no portion thereof can be annexed to the village under the section of the statute in question. That section contains no such limitation of the power to extend the boundaries of the village. It reads: “When any city or village shall desire to annex to its corporate limits any contiguous territory, whether such territory be in fact subdivided into tracts or parcels of ten acres or less, or be not so subdivided, the council or board of trustees of said corporation shall vote upon the question of such annexation,” etc. It is perfectly plain that contiguous territory may be annexed "although the same may not have been subdivided into tracts of ten acres or less.
Another argument is that all the land lying east of the village should not have been annexed, as portions thereof
AFFIRMED.