STATE EX REL. ETC. v. CITY OF MERCER ISL.

No. 35821.

58 Wn.2d 141 (1961)

361 P.2d 369

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON on the Relation of the Town of Mercer Island, Appellant, v. THE CITY OF MERCER ISLAND et al., Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

April 20, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wright, Booth & Beresford and Wayne C. Booth, for appellant.

Alec Bayless and George N. Prince, for respondents.


WEAVER, J.

Can an incorporated city or town annex territory which is part of another contiguous incorporated city or town when the territory proposed to be annexed does not contain a population exceeding two thousand? In view of the population increase during the past decade and the rapid development of urban communities, especially in western Washington, this question is of present-day importance.

The city of Mercer...

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