Rodenbeck v. Darby

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This was an action by a taxpayer to restrain the defendants, who constitute the board of trustees of the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building in Kansas City, from leasing the auditorium under their charge to the local post of the American Legion.

The post is an organization of ex-soldiers and sailors of the United States whose avowed purposes are to preserve and stimulate the patriotic sentiments of military men who had served their country and to assist World War veterans and their families in need of their fraternal assistance.

The lease…