State Ex Inf. Sanders Ex Rel. City of Lee's Summit v. City of Lake Lotawana

PAUL M. SPINDEN, Judge.

Jackson County municipalities Lee’s Summit and Lake Lotawana have been vying against each other since 2001 to annex approximately 1200 acres, known as the Barber property, situated between the two cities. After Lake Lotawana completed annexation of the tract, Lee’s Summit initiated this quo warranto action, authorized by Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney Michael Sanders, to oust Lake Lotawana from exercising jurisdiction over the tract. Lee’s Summit coupled the action with a declaratory judgment action in which it asked the circuit court to declare that it took the…