State ex rel. Tucker v. Mattingly

CONKLING, Judge.

Quo Warranto. The petition in this cause, filed in the Circuit Court of Barry County upon the Information of the At-tornéy General, at the relation of certain named plaintiffs, questions the incorporation of the town of Exeter, in Barry County, Missouri, alleges the order of the county court of Barry County purporting to incorporate the town of Exeter as a fourth class city was void, and prays the ouster of defendants from the office of councilmen of the city of Exeter. To the petition defendants-respondents filed a motion to dismiss. Upon the hearing on that motion certain…