Crackerneck Country Club, Inc. v. Sprinkle

SWOFFORD, Judge.

This is an original proceeding in prohibition wherein our preliminary rule was issued and the matter is now before us for final determination.

The relators are the Crackerneck Country Club, Inc. and the Rockwood Golf and Country Club, Inc., both private country clubs within the municipal corporate limits of the City of Independence, Missouri. Joined with these clubs as relators herein are Illinois Howard Johnson’s, Inc. and The Generals Inn, Inc., both of which companies operate motor inns or motels within the municipal corporate limits of the City of Independence, Missouri.

The…