State Ex Rel. Conway v. Villa

CRANE, Judge.

This appeal arises out of a challenge by several St. Louis aldermen to the adoption of the 1992-93 budget for the City of St. Louis (City). The aldermen brought an action in the trial court alleging that Board Bill No. 1, the budget ordinance, had not been properly submitted and recommended to the Board of Aldermen on or before May 2, 1992, and therefore no valid budget ordinance had been enacted by the Board of Aldermen. The trial court granted the motion for summary judgment filed by defendants, the City and two of its officials, and denied a writ of mandamus. The plaintiff…