Felker v. City of Sikeston

STONE, Presiding Judge.

In this proceeding, one C. E. Felker (hereinafter called contestant) seeks to contest a municipal election held in the City of Sikeston, Missouri, a city of the third class, on April 7, 1959, at which the voters approved, by a vote of 1,822 for to ■1,778 against, a proposition to adopt the city manager form of government. V.A. M.S. 78.430, as amended Laws of 1957, p. 240. Upon motion by the City and its *755Clerk, the notice of contest was dismissed by the circuit court. On the theory that his appeal “involves the title to office of the elected officials and is against the…