Sally v. City of Rolla

Plaintiff appeals an adverse judgment entered in his suit for a declaratory judgment. In his petition, he contested the validity of the City of Rolla’s lease of an impoundment lake area (the lake) in a subdivision, known as Forum Lakes, to an unincorporated homeowners association known as Brownwood Estates Homeowners Association (Brownwood). Named as defendants in the suit were the City of Rolla (Rolla) and representative members of Brownwood.

Plaintiff was one of the developers of Forum Lakes in 1979 when the subdivision plat was approved by Rolla and recorded. As a condition to approval of…