COCKRELL v. CITY OF RALEIGH

No. 141A81.

293 S.E.2d 770 (1982)

Henry H. COCKRELL, Jr., A. Thomas Olls, Brenda Olls, Danny Tai, Marsha Tai, Grover Cobb, James Metzger, Loulie Metzger, Hal Barnes, Earleen Barnes, Alan Beavers, Lindy Beavers, Harold Penley, Martha Penley, Richard Bright, Billie Bright, Thomas Mitchell, Ann Mitchell, Wayne Whistler, Pam Whistler, Roger Baker, Connie Baker, Albert La Valla, Lorraine La Valla, Petitioners, v. CITY OF RALEIGH, North Carolina, G. Smedes York, Mayor, Avery C. Upchurch, James B. Womble, S. Tony Jordan, Jr., Edward A. Walters, Rev. Arthur J. Calloway, Miriam P. Block, and John A. Edwards, City Council Members, Respondents.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

August 3, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jordan, Brown, Price & Wall by R. Frank Gray, Raleigh, for petitioners-appellants.

Thomas A. McCormick, Jr., City Atty., Raleigh, for respondents-appellees.


MEYER, Justice.

I

The primary question presented for review is whether in a municipal annexation proceeding the City is required to include in its annexation report plans for extending into the proposed annexation area municipal services other than those enumerated in G.S. § 160A-47(3). For the reasons stated herein we hold that it is not and affirm the judgment of the trial court.

At the trial of this case the petitioners attempted to present...

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