STATE v. CITY OF RENO

No. 3924.

310 P.2d 850 (1957)

The STATE of Nevada, upon the Relation of George D. QUIMBY and Clara Quimby, Appellants, v. CITY OF RENO, a Municipal Corporation, Francis R. Smith, Mayor and William A. Ligon, Charles E. Cowen, Edwin S. Semenza, Thomas H. Harvey, John T. Myles and Marshall Guisti, Councilmen of Said City, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada

May 10, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvy Dickerson, Atty. Gen., R. K. Wittenberg, Reno, for appellants.

Samuel D. Francovich, Bruce D. Roberts, Sidney W. Robinson, Reno, for respondents.


MERRILL, Justice.

This is a proceeding in the nature of quo warranto challenging the action of the city of Reno, taken April 12, 1954, in annexing a certain area to the city. Relators, as property owners within the area affected, contend that the annexation was not supported by the petition of "a majority of the property owners of the district proposed to be annexed" as is required by the city charter. 1947 Stats.Nev. 392...

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