STATE EX REL. SCOTT v. KIRKPATRICK

No. 58080.

484 S.W.2d 161 (1972)

STATE ex rel. Theodore B. SCOTT and Ed Stegner, Relators, v. James C. KIRKPATRICK, Secretary of State, State of Missouri, Respondent, Thomas D. Graham, Intervenor-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

September 6, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Graham, pro se.

Cullen Coil, Forrest P. Carson and Ronald R. McMillin, Jefferson City, for relators.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., B. J. Jones, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.


MORGAN, Judge.

In the trial court, relators, who were identified as citizens and taxpayers of this state, sought a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel respondent, the Secretary of State, to accept for filing and certify as legally sufficient certain "initiative petitions" calling for submission to the electorate at the General Election to be held on November 7, 1972, a proposed amendment, commonly referred to as the "soft drink tax" amendment, to the constitution...

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