State Ex Rel. Foster v. City of Kansas City

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Robb, J.:

This original proceeding in quo warranto commenced by the state, on the relation of the county attorney, seeks to test the validity of certain ordinances of the city of Kansas City by requiring the defendant city officials, Mitchum, Swarner, and Regan, in their official capacity, to show by what authority they assumed a portion of the Fairfax industrial district and made it part of the city when they enacted and published certain ordinances annexing such land.

Two previous original quo warranto proceedings of similar character have been before…