CITY OF MEXICO v. HODGES

No. 34110.

482 S.W.2d 545 (1972)

CITY OF MEXICO, a Municipal Corporation, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Thomas M. and Jo Ann HODGES et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Missouri Court of Appeals, St. Louis District.

June 20, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren D. Welliver, Columbia, M. E. Stokes, St. Louis, Edwards, Seigfreid & Runge, Mexico, for defendants-appellants.

McQuie & Deiter, Montgomery City, for plaintiff-respondent.


DOERNER, Commissioner.

The City of Mexico brought this action under what is commonly termed the Sawyer Act, § 71.015, RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S., to obtain a declaratory judgment authorizing it to annex adjacent land. The trial court entered the judgment sought by the City, and after unavailing post-trial motions this appeal followed.

In its petition the City alleged, as required by § 71.015, that the annexation was reasonable and necessary to the proper...

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