Claflin v. Walsh

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Prageb, J.:

This is an action challenging the validity of a charter ordinance passed by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Kansas City, Kansas, under the authority of the home rule amendment, Article 12, Section 5, of the Kansas Constitution. The plaintiffs-appellees are the Board of Trustees of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Building in Kansas City. The defendants-appellants are the City Commissioners of Kansas City. In this opinion we will refer to the plaintiffs as the trustees and to the defendants as the city commissioners.

Charter…