STATE EX REL. ANDERSEN v. LEAHY

No. 38433.

199 N.W.2d 713 (1972)

189 Neb. 92

STATE of Nebraska ex rel. Harry P. ANDERSEN et al., Appellants, v. Eugene A. LEAHY, Mayor of the City of Omaha, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

August 4, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren S. Zweiback, Mark L. Laughlin, Omaha, for appellants.

Herbert M. Fitle, City Atty., Frederick A. Brown, Seymour L. Smith, Omaha, for appellees.

Heard before WHITE, C. J., SPENCER, BOSLAUGH, McCOWN, NEWTON, and CLINTON, JJ., and RONIN, District Judge.


WHITE, Chief Justice.

This is a mandamus action. The essential question is whether the ordinance annexing the City of Millard to Omaha may be attacked and repealed by a vote of the electors of Omaha on an initiative petition. The district court denied relief and we affirm.

The background history of this litigation is as follows. On December 5, 1967, the city council of Omaha passed ordinance No. 24496, annexing Millard. This ordinance, by its terms, became...

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