Graves v. Purcell

This is a suit instituted in the Circuit Court of Jackson County by the respondent as Prosecuting Attorney of Jackson County seeking to enjoin the appellants as members of the county court of Jackson County from proceeding to enforce and put into effect Sections 9 to 21, both inclusive, of an act of the General Assembly designated as the “County Budget Law” on the ground that the sections of the act mentioned contravene certain specified provisions of the Constitution of Missouri. After the filing of the original petition the trial court granted a temporary restraining order. Later, by leave…