RUSSELL v. CALLAWAY COUNTY

No. 61119.

575 S.W.2d 193 (1978)

Vicki RUSSELL, Respondent, v. CALLAWAY COUNTY, Missouri, Honorable George H. Carrington, Clerk of the County Court of Callaway County, Missouri, and John Ashcroft, Attorney General of Missouri, Appellants, and Jefferson County, Missouri, Intervenor-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

December 29, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. E. Hamilton, Jr., Fulton, John D. Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Larry Marshall, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for defendants-appellants.

Terence C. Porter, Columbia, for respondent.

John W. Hammon, Asst. Pros. Atty., Hillsboro, for intervenor-appellant.


SEILER, Judge.

This case is in this court on direct appeal pursuant to Mo.Const. art. V, § 3 because it involves construction of the constitution, Mo.Const. art. VI, § 8. Specifically, we are asked to determine whether § 48.020.2, RSMo Supp.1977, violates article VI, section 8's requirement that the number of classes of counties not exceed four. Section 48.020.2 provides that the people of a county of the second or third class may vote whether or not...

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