Kersting v. City of Ferguson

PRITCHARD, Commissioner.

The question which is of primary concern here is whether there is presented a constitutional question necessary to vest this court with appellate jurisdiction.

Appellants’ first amended petition alleges in both Counts I and II thereof that they are representatives of a class of resident taxpayers and property owners in Ferguson, Missouri. In Count I of the petition it is alleged that the Charter of the City of Ferguson is void in toto because it is violative of the 1945 Constitution of Missouri, and further that certain specified sections of the Charter are individually…