Clark v. City of Trenton

SOMERVILLE, Presiding Judge.

The genesis of this litigation was an ordinance passed by the governing body of the City of Trenton, Missouri, to impose a city sales tax and a requisite election authorizing its imposition. See generally Sections 94.500 to 94.570, RSMo 1978.

On July 13,1978, as a sequel to the above events, a petition captioned “Petition For Declaratory Judgment”, naming the City of Trenton, Missouri, as defendant (hereinafter city), was filed by Jack Clark and others (hereinafter contestants) in the Circuit Court of Grundy County, Missouri. On July 27, 1978, the contestants, by…