STATE v. FELKER

No. 7896.

336 S.W.2d 419 (1960)

STATE of Missouri ex rel. F. L. SISSON, Jr., Respondent, v. C. E. FELKER, Mayor of the City of Sikeston, Missouri, Appellant.

Springfield Court of Appeals, Missouri.

Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer Overruled June 17, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. P. Smith, Cape Girardeau, for appellant.

Dwight Crader, Sikeston, for respondent.


STONE, Presiding Judge.

At a special municipal election in the City of Sikeston, Missouri, a city of the third class, on April 7, 1959, the voters approved, by a vote of 1822 for to 1778 against, a proposition to adopt the city manager form of government. Nine days later, to-wit, on April 16, 1959, C. E. Felker, Mayor of the City, undertook to initiate "an election contest" in the Circuit Court of Scott County. His "notice of contest" having been dismissed by the...

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