City of Town & Country v. Goldman

DOWD, Judge.

Plaintiff owns a tract of land which, since a 1951 annexation, has been taxed as part of the municipality of Town & Country. In 1988, plaintiff filed an action for declaratory judgment, requesting a declaration that the 1951 annexation was void as to this property. The then-existing statute under which the land was annexed, § 80.030 RSMo 1949, stated that a municipality could not annex farm land unless it had the owner’s consent. Plaintiff claims the tract in question was farm land in 1951 and that relator did not obtain consent to the annexation. In support, plaintiff cites a…