Legal Opinion

State Ex Rel. Patterson v. Tucker

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided January 28, 1975No. 9774PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FLANIGAN, Judge.

Mandamus. On April 2, 1974, a general election was held in the city of Bunker, Missouri, a city of the fourth class, and Dan Patterson received the highest number of votes for the office of mayor. On the date of the election, respondents T. H. Tucker and Glen B. Sapaugh were two of the four aldermen of the city. The other two aldermen were Wendell Conway and Ray R. Davis. On April 3, 1974, the board of aldermen notified Patterson, by letter, “that according to § 129.420 of the Missouri Revised Statutes 1969, . . . you are not eligible to hold public office. . Therefore the…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. White v. SmithMissouri Court of Appeals · 1969
  2. Shelby County R-IV School District v. HermanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1965
  3. State Ex Rel. Phillip v. Public School Retirement SystemSupreme Court of Missouri · 1953
  4. State Ex Rel. Hewlett v. WomachSupreme Court of Missouri · 1946
  5. State Ex Rel. Kopper Kettle Restaurants, Inc. v. City of St. RobertMissouri Court of Appeals · 1968

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. STATE EX INF. RIEDERER v. CollinsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1990
  2. State Ex Rel. Keeven v. City of HazelwoodMissouri Court of Appeals · 1979
  3. Wheat v. Missouri Board of Probation & ParoleMissouri Court of Appeals · 1996
  4. State Ex Rel. J. S. Alberici, Inc. v. City of FentonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1979
  5. State ex rel. Bunker Resource Recycling & Reclamation, Inc. v. MehanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1990

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