CITY OF AURORA v. EMPIRE DISTRICT ELECTRIC COMPANY

No. 7943.

354 S.W.2d 45 (1962)

The CITY OF AURORA, Missouri, a municipal corporation, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. The EMPIRE DISTRICT ELECTRIC COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Springfield Court of Appeals, Missouri.

February 14, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward V. Sweeney, Monett, Emory Melton, Cassville, for appellants.

Ratican & Faulkner, William A. Ratican, Jr., Aurora, for respondent.


RUARK, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal by the defendants from a judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiff, City of Aurora, authorizing the annexation of certain lands under the Sawyer Act (Section 71.015, V.A.M.S., Laws of 1953, p. 309).

The petition describes the lands by metes and bounds. The charging portion is:

"3. That the above described real property is contiguous with the present corporate limits...

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