City of St. Peters v. Gronefeld

WEIER, Judge.

The City of St. Peters sought and obtained a declaratory judgment under § 71.015, RSMo 1978, known as the Sawyer Act, declaring that the city met the requirements under this section and obtained authorization to proceed with annexation of an unincorporated area adjacent to the city. St. Peters is a city of the fourth class located in the County of St. Charles. It has had a phenomenal growth in the last decade and *439has annexed a large area so that its boundaries now encompass over 6,000 acres. The area now proposed to be annexed is located south of the present city limits and…