City of Kirkwood v. City of Sunset Hills

KELLY, Judge.

This is a consolidated appeal from two judgments entered in two divisions of the St. Louis County Circuit Court the subject matter of which, reduced to simple terms, is whether the City of Kirkwood (hereinafter Kirkwood), a city of the third class, may legally acquire and operate a public swimming pool and recreational facility within the city limits of the City of Sunset Hills (hereinafter Sunset Hills), a city of the fourth class.

The facts are that the two cities adjoin, Kirkwood’s southern city limits abutting onto the northern city limits of Sunset Hills. . Kirkwood commenced…