MATTER OF CITY OF WATERTOWN, ETC.

No. C8-85-637.

375 N.W.2d 582 (1985)

In the Matter of the JOINT RESOLUTION OF the CITY OF WATERTOWN AND the TOWN OF WATERTOWN FOR the EARLY ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN LAND TO the CITY OF WATERTOWN PURSUANT TO MINNESOTA STATUTES 414.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

October 29, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melchert, Hubert, Sjodin & Willemssen, David P. Hubert, Waconia, for respondent City of Watertown.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., Kenneth E. Raschke, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for Minnesota Municipal Bd.

Nicklaus, Monroe, Fahey & Cooper, Robert A. Nicklaus, Mary Kendall Adler, Chaska, for appellant Robert J. Borrell.

Considered and decided by POPOVICH, C.J., and SEDGWICK and LANSING, JJ., with oral argument waived.


OPINION

LANSING, Judge.

Robert J. Borrell appeals from a district court decision affirming the Minnesota Municipal Board's order annexing 3.6 acres to the City of Watertown. He contends the Board lacked jurisdiction to order annexation without first obtaining the consent of the majority of the landowners affected by the annexation. We affirm.

FACTS

In 1976 the Watertown City Council and the Watertown Township Board of Supervisors jointly...

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