Organization of Tipton Rural Fire Protection District v. Objectors

LOWENSTEIN, Presiding Judge.

This appeal involves a dispute between two newly organized rural fire protection districts over an area that each claims belongs in their district. The Appellant, Tipton Rural Fire Protection District (Tip-ton Fire District) and the Fortuna Fire Protection District (Fortuna Fire District) each filed a petition to organize that included the land in dispute. The Respondents (Objectors) are landowners that do not want their land to be included in the Tipton Fire District. Because this court finds that (1) § 321.300.2(1), RSMo Cum. 1997, did not repeal the doctrine of…