Absher v. Cooper

TITUS, Chief Judge.

Six plaintiffs, “on behalf of themselves and all other taxpayers of the City of Dexter,” instituted this action for a declaratory judgment (Rule 87, V.A.M.R.) against the city’s treasurer and members of its board of aldermen. In substance, the petition averred the board, contrary to § 79.160 RSMo 1969,1 V.A.M.S., had failed in 1970 to semiannually make out, spread upon its records and publish “a full and detailed account and statement of the receipts and expenditures and indebtedness of said City,” and that the treasurer thereafter, contrary to § 79.165 RSMo 1969,2…