City of Ballwin v. Hardcastle

GARY M. GAERTNER, Judge.

This is an annexation case in which St. Louis County appeals from a declaratory judgment by the Circuit Court of St. Louis County granting the City of Ballwin authorization to proceed with annexation of some land situated in unincorporated St. Louis County. We affirm.

Ballwin is a fourth class city located wholly within the boundaries of St. Louis County. On July 16, 1987, Ballwin filed petitions for declaratory judgment authorizing annexation of four separate unincorporated territories under RSMo § 71.015 (1986). Each of the petitions named three different individuals…