Kersting v. City of Ferguson

BRADY, Commissioner.

This case comes to the writer upon recent reassignment. Plaintiffs’ amended petition alleged that they are representatives of a class of resident taxpayers and property owners in Ferguson, Mo., and that they are proceeding under the provisions of our Statutes relating to declaratory judgment actions. (See § 527.010 et seq., R.S.Mo.1959, V.A.M.S.) The theory of plaintiffs’ action is that the Charter of the City of Ferguson, Mo., is void, totally and as to certain individual sections thereof, as violative of the constitution of this State, and that certain acts of the City…