City of St. Charles v. Schone

KELLY, Judge.

In this cross appeal the City of St. Charles in Cause No. 38877 appeals from the judgment of the Circuit Court of St. Charles County whereby the trial court held that with respect to Count II of the City’s petition for Declaratory Judgment pursuant to the requirements of § 71.015 RSMo. 1969, V.A.M.S. — “The Sawyer Act” — for the purpose of annexing a certain unincorporated area in St. Charles County it lacked jurisdiction to reach the merits of the cause because the defendants named in the petition “are only renters or lessees of certain apartments and businesses and not owners…