School District No. 24 v. Neaf

Appeal from Circuit Court of St. Louis County. The plaintiffs (appellants) are School District No. 24 (a common school district), and the three directors of that district who sue in their capacity as directors and also as taxpayers. The defendants named in the petition are the following officers of said county: Neaf, the Assessor, Benson, the Collector, and Dwyer, the Treasurer. By leave Of court others were permitted to intervene as defendants, to-wit: City of Clayton, Town School District of Clayton, and City of Brent-wood. The petition, so far as pertinent here, states: that the St. Louis…