WARD v. CITY OF ASHLAND


476 S.W.2d 205 (1972)

Kermit WARD and Dorothy Ward, his wife, et al., Appellants, v. CITY OF ASHLAND, a Municipal Corporation, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 4, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul C. Hobbs, Gray, Woods & Cooper, Ashland, for appellants.

A. W. Mann, Arthur T. Bryson, Jr., Ashland, for appellees.


STEINFELD, Chief Justice.

Ashland, a city of the second class, with a population of approximately 31,000, enacted an ordinance on January 10, 1966, by which it proposed to annex 2.82 square miles of unincorporated territory contiguous to its southerly boundary. A petition, timely filed in the Boyd Circuit Court, remonstrated against the proposal. A large majority, from 80% to 90% of the residents of the proposed annex area, joined in remonstrating. After hearing proof...

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