STATE EX REL. NIXON v. PREMIUM STAND. FARMS

No. WD 60954.

100 S.W.3d 157 (2003)

STATE of Missouri, ex rel, Jeremiah W. (Jay) NIXON, Appellant, v. PREMIUM STANDARD FARMS, INC., Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

March 28, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Bryan, Jefferson City, for appellant.

Terry M. Evans, Smithville, Mark D. Anstoetter, Overland Park, KS, for respondent.

Before EDWIN H. SMITH, P.J., LOWENSTEIN and HARDWICK, JJ.


HAROLD L. LOWENSTEIN, Judge.

This case pivots on the construction of Missouri's statutory declaration which restricts corporations from engaging in farming, Section 350.015, RSMo 2000, and a specific exception that such a restriction does not apply to corporate utilization of agricultural land located in three counties in Northeast Missouri for production of swine, Section 350.016, RSMo 2000. The pertinent parts of both statutes, as well as the definitions are printed...

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