City of Cape Girardeau v. Armstrong

RUDDY, Judge.

The City of Cape Girardeau (hereinafter referred to as City) brought this action, pursuant to the provisions of Section 71.015 RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S., (referred to as the Sawyer Act) seeking a declaratory judgment authorizing it to proceed as otherwise authorized by law in the annexation of approximately six to eight square miles of unincorporated land adjoining its present municipal borders. The defendants, inhabitants and owners of land in the area to be annexed, were sued as members of a class. Other persons living in the area proposed for annexation were permitted to intervene…