Schildnecht v. City of Joplin

— The suit is to enjoin the defendant-respondent, city of Joplin, a city of the second class in Jasper County, and its officers, from exercising governmental control over certain adjoining territory in Newton County pursuant to an extension of the corporate limits thereover, under Section 6483, Revised Statutes 1929 (Sec. 7973, R. S. 1919). This statute merely provides the council of a second class city, with the consent of a majority of the ■ legal voters voting at an election therefor, shall have power to extend the limits of the city “over territory adjacent thereto.” The plaintiffs, who…