Legal Opinion
Mayor of Liberty v. Tindall
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided March 26, 1996No. WD 50904PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPINDEN, Presiding Judge.
An area called River Bend is in a “tug of war” between Liberty, in Clay County, and Jackson County who want to annex the small community which lies on the banks of the Missouri River in Jackson County. The appellants — Jackson County, members of its legislature, its executive, members of the River Bend board of trustees, and the purported town of River Bend — appeal the circuit court’s ruling that Liberty has exclusive jurisdiction to annex River Bend. The appellants claim that a petition filed by residents of River Bend seeking incorporation in Jackson County should…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- STATE EX INF. NESSLAGE v. City of Lake St. LouisMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986
- City of Sugar Creek v. City of IndependenceMissouri Court of Appeals · 1971
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