State ex rel. Fort Osage School District v. Conley

DIXON, Judge.

This is a direct appeal from the order of the trial court denying mandamus directing the Jackson County Clerk to extend school tax levies on a disparate basis in two separate geographic areas now one school district by reason of annexation. The order of the trial court is reversed and the cause remanded with directions to enter a peremptory order of mandamus.

This appeal has been accelerated by motion requesting early determination because of the exigency requiring extension of the taxes prior to September 15th. The parties have stipulated the facts and the evidence in the trial…