State ex rel. Whittington v. Strahm

SPERRY, Commissioner.

Plaintiffs, citizens, taxpayers and electors of Kansas City appealed from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Jackson County denying their petition for a writ of mandamus against defendant, City Clerk of Kansas City.

The facts are not in dispute. Kansas City passed ordinance numbered 27271 which approved a contract for the purchase of equipment for use in adding fluorides to the city water supply. That is the only purpose of the ordinance. It was not an emergency measure within the meaning of the city charter. Three additives then being made to the water being used, were…