Green v. Lebanon R-III School District

ANN K COVINGTON, Judge.

Calton C. Green, et al., and Liston King, et al. (the taxpayers),1 owners of real property in the Lebanon R-III and Morgan County R-II School Districts, brought suit to challenge the operating levies of the school districts (the schools) for the years 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998. The taxpayers contend that the schools erroneously determined the highest rate of tax they could levy without additional voter approval, resulting in a tax rate for each of the years at issue that violated provisions of section 137.073, RSMoi2 and article X, section 22(a) of the Missouri…