LeBeau v. Commissioners of Franklin County

ZEL M. FISCHER, Judge.

Ten residents and taxpayers of Franklin County filed a declaratory judgment action against the commissioners of Franklin County after the commissioners entered a county order establishing a municipal court.1 The taxpayers alleged that House Bill No. 1171 (“HB 1171”), which authorized the establishment of the court, was *287enacted in violation of the original purpose provision of article III, section 21 and the single subject provision of article III, section 23 of the Missouri Constitution. The circuit court dismissed the petition, finding that the resident taxpayers lacked…