STATE EX REL. MITCHELL v. CITY OF SIKESTON

No. 59963.

555 S.W.2d 281 (1977)

STATE ex rel. Charles M. MITCHELL and Don C. Diven, Relators, v. CITY OF SIKESTON, Missouri, a Municipal Corporation, and City of Trenton, Missouri, a Municipal Corporation, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

September 12, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Gilmore, Jr., Sikeston, Allan D. Seidel, Trenton, for relators.

Manuel Drumm, Sikeston, Lawrence M. Berkowitz, Kansas City, for respondents.

James C. Swearengen, Jefferson City, amicus curiae.


BARDGETT, Judge.

This is an original proceeding in the nature of quo warranto brought by the relators, Charles M. Mitchell and Don C. Diven, resident taxpayers and ratepaying users of the municipal electric systems of Sikeston and Trenton, Missouri, respectively. They were authorized to bring this action on behalf of the state by the attorney general. Relators instituted this action against respondents city of Sikeston and city of Trenton, both municipal corporations...

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