SCOTT v. KIRKPATRICK

No. 58584.

513 S.W.2d 442 (1974)

Theodore G. SCOTT et al., Respondents, v. James C. KIRKPATRICK, as Secretary of State of the State of Missouri, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

September 11, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cullen Coil, Jefferson City, for respondents; Carson, Inglish, Monaco & Coil, Jefferson City, of counsel.

D. Jeff Lance, Cook, Murphy, Lance & Mayer, St. Louis, for defendant.


Per Curiam:

This is a declaratory judgment action involving the question of whether the signers of an initiative petition proposing an amendment to the state constitution are required to be registered voters. The trial court held they are not. We hold they are, and reverse.

Theodore G. Scott, et al. (plaintiffs), residents and interested persons, allege in their petition that they seek to circulate and secure signatures of legal voters on an initiative petition...

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