MEAD CORP. v. CITY OF BIRMINGHAM

SC 2350,2392.

350 So.2d 419 (1977)

The MEAD CORPORATION, a corporation, et al. v. The CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, a Municipal Corporation, et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

September 30, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman K. Brown, Bessemer, for appellant, the Mead Corp.

J. Fred Powell and William F. Murray, Jr., Birmingham, for appellant United States Steel Corp.

James L. North, Frank M. Young, III, and Philip W. Norwood, Birmingham, for appellee.

Kenneth Perrine, Birmingham, for Mason Corporation, et al., amicus curiae.


ALMON, Justice.

Appellants initiated this suit challenging the validity of the City of Birmingham's annexation of territory lying within the Oxmoor Valley section of southwestern Jefferson County. The trial court held the annexation valid. We reverse.

This annexation has been the subject of protracted litigation for over two years. It has been before this court in the past on collateral issues1 and from the posture of the issues...

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