State ex rel. Boone v. Jackson County

FRANK D. CONNETT, Jr., Special Judge.

Relator filed a petition with the respondent County Legislature of Jackson County. This petition was signed by residents of an unincorporated area of Jackson County known as Blue Summit, pursuant to Section 72.080, RSMo.1971 Supp., seeking permission to hold an election to incorporate as a city. The petition was denied by the respondent. Relator then had issued an alternative writ of mandamus from the circuit court, which was quashed after a hearing on the return, and relator has appealed. Those interested in the history of the efforts to incorporate this…