Babcock v. City of Kansas City

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fatzer, J.:

This was an action in the nature of quo warranto brought by the plaintiff, Warren H. Babcock, an individual, challenging the validity of seven annexation ordinances enacted by the city of Kansas City and published between February 11, 1965, and *611June 4, 1965, which substantially enlarged the city both as to population and area.

Issues were formed by the parties’ pleadings and the case was tried to the district court of Wyandotte County, sitting en banc, upon the parties’ written stipulation of facts. The five judges of the district court made…