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ABBOTT v. TOWN OF HIGHLANDS

No. 8030SC796.

277 S.E.2d 820 (1981)

Mrs. O. A. ABBOTT et al. v. The TOWN OF HIGHLANDS et al.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 19, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert L. Hyde, Asheville, for plaintiff-appellants.

Rodgers, Cabler & Henson by Richard T. Rodgers and J. Edwin Henson, Highlands, and Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice by E. Lawrence Davis, Roddey M. Ligon, Jr. and Anthony H. Brett, and Asst. Atty. Gen., Douglas A. Johnston, Raleigh, for defendant-appellees.

BECTON, Judge.

The purpose of annexation is to provide urbanly-developed areas with governmental services needed therein for public health, safety, protection and welfare. North Carolina has five methods of annexing urbanly-developed areas:

1. By an Act of the General Assembly (before 1947 this was the only method available, and all annexations were by special legislative acts), G.S. 160A-21; 2. By referendum, G.S. 160A-24; 3. On petition...

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