Case Name: John ANDERSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Vicki Lynn AUPING, Defendant-Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1996-05-12
Citations: 967 S.W.2d 81
Docket Number: No. 73281
Parties: John ANDERSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Vicki Lynn AUPING, Defendant-Respondent.
Judges: Before CRAHAN, C.J., RICHARD B. TEITELMAN, J., and ROBERT E. CRIST, Senior Judge.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 967
Pages: 81–82

Head Matter:
John ANDERSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Vicki Lynn AUPING, Defendant-Respondent.
No. 73281.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Five.
May 12, 1996.
Donald E. Becherer, New Melle, for appellant.
Harold A. Ellis, St. Charles, for Amicus Curiae, James Primm, County Clerk.
John Miller, St. Louis, for respondent.
Before CRAHAN, C.J., RICHARD B. TEITELMAN, J., and ROBERT E. CRIST, Senior Judge.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
John Anderson (Plaintiff) appeals from the judgment sustaining the motion to dismiss his election contest petition against Vicki Lynn Auping (Defendant). Plaintiff was the loser in a three-way election contest for two vacant seats on the Board of Trustees of the Village of New Melle; Defendant was one of the two successful candidates in that race. The sole question presented here is whether a trial court has jurisdiction to proceed in an election contest action where there was more than one successful candidate and the petitioner has failed to name as parties all successful candidates. As the court below correctly concluded, the answer to that question is "no". Arnold v. Hoester, 682 S.W.2d 90 (Mo.App. E.D.1984). Any further discussion would have no precedential value. We affirm the judgment pursuant to Rule 84.16(b).