POOLE v. CITY OF PEARL

No. 2002-AN-02139-SCT.

908 So.2d 728 (2005)

In the Matter of the Extension of the Boundaries of the City of Pearl, Mississippi: Carol POOLE, Robert Pitts, et al. v. CITY OF PEARL, Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 11, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Herring, attorney for appellants.

Jerry L. Mills, Ridgeland, James A. Bobo, Brandon, attorneys for appellee.

EN BANC.


DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Today, we review yet another vigorously contested annexation effort by one of our municipalities. Perhaps no area of the law generates more emotional participation by members of the public. The idea of having one's home, property and family forced into a city, subjecting the land to city taxes and the family to city ordinances, is quite distasteful to many, particularly those who feel they have no say in the matter under...

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