CITY OF MONROE v. NOE

No. 13050.

340 So.2d 616 (1976)

CITY OF MONROE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James A. NOE et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied, January 10, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davenport, Files & Kelly by Thomas W. Davenport, Jr. and C. T. Munholland, Monroe, for defendants-appellants, James A. Noe, Individually and as Executor of the Estate and Succession of Mrs. Anna Gray Sweeney Noe, Gay Noe McLendon, James A. Noe, Jr. and Noe Enterprises, Inc.

Jesse S. Heard, Jr., Monroe, for defendant-appellee, H. F. Breard, Jr.

Coon & Lewis by Allen H. Coon, Monroe, for defendant-appellee, Heloise R. Chambers.

Robert C. Downing, Asst. Atty. Gen., Monroe, for defendant-appellee, Atty. Gen., State of La.

Billye L. Adams, Monroe, for defendant-appellee, Grammont C. Breard.

Dimos, Brown & Erskine by David G. Erskine, Monroe, for defendant-appellee, Anne Breard.

Thomas V. Gardner, Jr., Monroe, for defendant-appellee, Charles R. Reichler.

Benjamin M. Peters, Monroe, for defendants-appellees, Benjamin M. Peters and John R. Peters.

Hargrove, Guyton, Ramey & Barlow by Ray A. Barlow, Shreveport, for defendants-appellees, Pennzoil Producing Co. and United Gas Pipeline Co.

Thompson, Sparks & Cudd by Robert C. Cudd, III, and Theus, Grisham, Davis & Leigh by Charles H. Heck, Monroe, for plaintiff-appellee, City of Monroe.

Before HALL, MARVIN and JONES, JJ.


En Banc. Rehearing Denied, January 10, 1977.

MARVIN, Judge.

Without any action by contiguous property owners, a municipality, by the enactment of an ordinance, may annex territory which has boundaries 90 percent in common with those of the municipality. An annexation by this means is not effective until the district court with jurisdiction, in contradictory proceedings, declares the annexation reasonable and...

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