Legal Opinion
Sisco v. James
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided December 17, 1991No. 17447PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CROW, Judge.
Bill James was declared the winner over Ray Sisco in the April 3, 1990, election for Mayor of the City of Miner, 147 votes to 142.
Sisco1 filed a petition to contest the election.2 At the start of trial, James moved to dismiss the suit because the petition failed to state a cause of action. During the second day of trial, the trial court granted the motion. Sisco appeals.
The portion of Sisco’s petition germane to this appeal reads:
“5. [Sisco] further states that the twenty-one (21) voters at the Miner Nursing Home were not properly registered as required by Chapter Í15 R.S.Mo.
6.…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Frank v. Environmental Sanitation Management, Inc.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1985
- Marre v. ReedSupreme Court of Missouri · 1989
- Armantrout v. BohonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1942
- Hale v. StimsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
- First Bank of Commerce v. Labor & Industrial Relations CommissionMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Phillips v. BradshawMissouri Court of Appeals · 1993
- Faubion v. Swift Adhesives Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1994
- Black v. Rite Mortgage and Financial, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 2007
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