IN RE CITY OF RIDGELAND

No. 56756.

494 So.2d 348 (1986)

In re Inclusion into the CITY OF RIDGELAND, Mississippi. Walter SCHMIDT, et al. v. CITY OF JACKSON.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 3, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry L. Mills, Melton E. Knotts, Jr., Pyle, Harris, Dreher, Mills & Woods, Jackson, Jerry R. Wallace, Montgomery, Smith-Vaniz & McGraw, Canton, for appellants.

James L. Carroll, Douglas J. Gunn, Watkins & Eager, John Hedglin, Jackson, Joe R. Fancher, Jr., Canton, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and ROBERTSON and ANDERSON, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

Today's appeal is that of persons residing in an unincorporated area contiguous to two incorporated municipalities. These persons petitioned to be included in one of the adjoining municipalities which has answered and agreed to the annexation, only to find that the rebuffed municipality vehemently objects.

The principal question presented is whether the complaint in...

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