E. G. Bailey, Frank Evans and Earl Hillstrand v. City of Anchorage, Alaska

This appeal is from an order of the District Court for the Territory of Alaska in a proceeding under Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 16, Alaska Compiled Laws Annotated 1949, as amended by Chapter 25, Session Laws of Alaska 1953. The pertinent sections of Article 2 are §§ 16-1-22, 16-1-23 and 16-1-24.

Section 16-1-22 provides: “Whenever the council of any city shall desire to enlarge the limits of said city by annexing the territory contiguous thereto, they shall file in the district court for the judicial division wherein the city is located, a petition signed by thirty per cent of the owners of substantial property interests in land or possessory rights in land, tidelands or improvements upon land or tideland within the limits of the territory so proposed to be annexed, setting forth by metes and bounds the territory sought to be annexed to such city, and there shall be attached thereto a plat based upon an actual survey by a competent surveyor setting forth the limits and boundaries of the territory to be annexed by metes and bounds and stating the number of inhabitants therein, as well as the number of owners of property therein situate and such other facts as the court may…