Tucker v. Miller

BOHLING, C.

The City of Exeter was incorporated as a city of the fourth class by the County Court of Barry County, Missouri, *821on December 31, 1946, upon a petition filed in said court. Thereafter, on May 9, 1950, at a special election the citizens authorized the issuance of $35,000 of bonds for a municipal waterworks system. On May 25,1950, J. L. Tucker and several other resident-tax-paying citizens of said City filed this action in the Barry County Circuit Court against the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of said city for a declaratory judgment that the incorporation of said City of Exeter as a…