STATE EX REL. DAHL v. LANGE

No. 65120.

661 S.W.2d 7 (1983)

STATE ex rel. Susan DAHL, Henry Dahl, Charles James Rogers, Edward Thiel and Edith Poos, Relators, v. Linus LANGE, St. Charles City Clerk, Jim Primm, St. Charles County Clerk, Melvin Wetter, Mayor of the City of St. Charles, and Gilford Brown, Janet Woodburn, Daniel Conoyer, Lynn Rush, James Williams, Rory Riddler, Thomas Brown, Reid Bronson, Michael Collins, Council Members of the City of St. Charles, Missouri, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

December 20, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith W. Hazelwood, St. Charles, for relators.

George A. Weible, City Atty., St. Charles, for respondents.


HIGGINS, Judge.

Relators, resident taxpayers of the City of St. Charles, Missouri, seek a writ of mandamus to compel city officials to place a citizen-initiated amendment to the city charter on the ballot in an upcoming election. The city refused to include the amendment on the ballot alleging its unconstitutionality and the impermissible encumbrance it would place on the power of the city to levy taxes and collect revenues...

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