CITY OF BIRMINGHAM v. WILKINSON

85-1160, 85-1262.

516 So.2d 585 (1987)

CITY OF BIRMINGHAM v. T.J. WILKINSON, et al. T.J. WILKINSON, et al. v. CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied November 6, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James K. Baker, City Atty., and John P. Carlton and David J. Vann of Carlton, Vann & Stichweh, Birmingham, for appellant/ cross-appellee.

Carl E. Johnson and Burgin H. Kent of Bishop, Colvin & Johnson, Birmingham, and William A. Short, Jr. and J.H. McEniry III of McEniry, McEniry & McEniry, Bessemer, for appellees/cross-appellants.


MADDOX, Justice.

These consolidated appeals are from a judgment declaring null and void an August 13, 1985, annexation election called for by the City of Birmingham, and they involve a question of the validity of the so-called "corridor" principle. We reverse and remand.

Pursuant to §§ 11-42-40 through -88, Code of 1975, Birmingham passed a resolution calling for an annexation election to annex certain unincorporated territory in western Jefferson...

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