Emerson Electric Manufacturing Co. v. City of Ferguson

EAGER, Presiding Justice.

This proceeding consists of two consolidated causes, in each of which there was an intervention by consent. The causes were consolidated for trial by order of court with the agreement of the parties. In one cause Emerson Electric Manufacturing Company sought a declaration that Ordinance No. 116 of the City of Ferguson, purporting to so extend its boundaries as to annex the Emerson property, was void; Emerson alleged that the attempted annexation was unreasonable, oppressive, and void on sundry stated grounds. It also sought an injunction against the levying and…