Enright v. Kansas City

DONNELLY, Judge.

In this suit for injunctive relief and declaratory judgment, plaintiff Joseph H. En-right, a citizen, resident, consumer of retail goods and taxpayer within the corporate limits of the City of Kansas City, contests the authority of the City to grant City funds to school districts, or portions of school districts, lying within the corporate limits of Kansas City. The source of such funds is a city sales tax approved by referendum vote of 29,077 in favor and 24,450 against on August 6, 1974.

The question in the case was posed by the trial court as follows:

“Does the city have such…