Beatty v. Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District

ROBERTSON, Judge.

This is a direct appeal from the dismissal with prejudice of appellant’s First Amended Petition. The trial court ruled that the statute of limitations for election contests barred appellant’s petition. § 115.577, RSMo 1978. We affirm in part and reverse and remand in part for proceedings consistent with this opinion.

The facts are these: The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (hereafter MSD) adopted Ordinance 5630 on May 23, 1984, calling for a special election on the proposition of whether MSD could issue clean water revenue bonds in the amount of $60 million. Approval of…