Junior College District of Metropolitan Kansas City v. Mayse

PRITCHARD, Commissioner.

This is a suit for declaratory judgment initiated by respondents in which they question the applicability of § 162.451, RSMo 1959 (Supp.1965), V.A.M.S., to a proposed election to dissolve The Junior College District of Metropolitan Kansas City, Missouri. The dispositive question is whether this court has appellate jurisdiction under Mo.Const.1945, Art. V, § 3, V. A.M.S. It is stated by appellants that this court has exclusive jurisdiction “as the respondent Junior College District is a political subdivision of the state of Missouri.”

Reference was made in oral argument…