City of Brunswick v. Myers

[135] Appeal by plaintiffs from an order of the circuit court dismissing their petition wherein they sought to enjoin the holding of a special franchise election in the City of Brunswick, a city of the fourth class. Appellants are Kinkhorst, the Mayor, and O’Reilly, a taxpayer and citizen of Brunswick. Respondents are the m'embers of the Board of Aldermen, a newspaper publisher and the Kansas City Power and Light Company.

On August 4, 1947, the board of aldermen, over the Mayor’s veto, enacted an ordinance granting the Power and Light Company a twenty year franchise to carry on a general power…