CITY OF SUGAR CREEK v. STANDARD OIL CO.

No. 13481.

163 F.2d 320 (1947)

CITY OF SUGAR CREEK, MO., v. STANDARD OIL CO. (INDIANA) (DICKINSON et al., Interveners).

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

September 2, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob Brown, of Kansas City, Mo. (Ludwick Graves and Irving Fane, both of Kansas City, Mo., on the brief), for appellant.

R. R. Brewster, Jr., and John G. Madden, both of Kansas City, Mo. (A. L. Green, of Chicago, Ill., on the brief), for appellee Standard Oil Co. (Indiana).

Rufus Burrus, of Independence, Mo., for intervener appellee Independence Water Works Co.

Winston Woodson, of Kansas City, Mo., for intervener appellees Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. and Kansas City Southern Ry. Co.

Fred B. Mertsheimer, of Kansas City, Mo., for intervener appellees Edith L. C. Dickinson et al.

Before SANBORN, JOHNSEN, and RIDDICK, Circuit Judges.


JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.

The action is one to have declared invalid and to enjoin an annexation of contiguous lands made by the City of Sugar Creek, Missouri, under an ordinance of its board of aldermen and a vote of its electors.1 The trial court held that the annexation as made was without a reasonable basis and granted an injunction prohibiting the City from exercising municipal authority over the area under the annexing ordinance. The...

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