State Ex Inf. Hannah Ex Rel. Christ v. City of St. Charles

DONNELLY, Judge.

This is an annexation case in which the City of St. Charles, a constitutional charter city, appeals from three judgments of the circuit court which ruled that the city followed improper procedures in attempting to annex areas north and south of the city’s boundaries. The trial court judges ruled that St. Charles failed to comply with the provisions of the Sawyers Act, § 71.015, RSMo Supp. 1983. The appeals were consolidated in the Eastern District of the Court of Appeals.

The appeals were transferred to this Court in accordance with Mo. Const, art. V, § 11 because the validity…