Missouri Service Co. v. City of Stanberry

This suit was brought by the Missouri Service Company and eight individual plaintiffs, as taxpayers, to enjoin the performance of a contract entered into between the city of Stanberry and Fairbanks-Morse Construction Company, whereby the latter agreed to construct a plant and system for the generation and distribution of electric energy in said city, for a certain compensation agreed upon to be paid by the city. The court below granted temporary injunction. Upon the trial of the cause the court rendered decree dissolving the injunction and dismissing plaintiffs’ bill. The plaintiffs have…