Lee v. Rolla Speedway, Inc.

CROW, Judge.

This is the third chapter in a dispute about whether there shall be automobile racing on the grounds of Central Missouri Regional Fair, Inc. (“Fair”), a not-for-profit corporation, in Phelps County. The first was Lee v. Rolla Speedway, Inc., 494 S.W.2d 349 (Mo.1973), hereafter “Lee-1”) the second, Lee v. Rolla Speedway, Inc., 539 S.W.2d 627 (Mo.App.1976), hereafter “Lee-2.” Those opinions chronicle the history of the quarrel, and we borrow only such details as are necessary to introduce the instant appeal.

In 1949, a predecessor organization of Fair acquired land along the east…