Jennings v. Kinsey

This is a proceeding whereby the plaintiff as a resident taxpayer of the city of St. Louis seeks to enjoin the defendants, constituting the Board of Public Service of the city, from advertising for bids and letting contracts in pursuance of Ordinance No. 33642, and to declare said ordinance null and void.

The plaintiff filed his amended petition January 20, 1924, and the defendant filed a demurrer to the petition on the ground that it did not state facts which showed grounds for equitable relief, or state any cause of action against the defendants. The demurrer was sustained, plaintiff…