District No. 6, Township 40, Range 28 v. District No. 5, Township 40, Range 28
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Henry Circuit Court, Host. Jas. B. Gantt, J. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. I. The law malíes provision for certain property to be owned by a school district.
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Appeal from Henry Circuit Court, Host. Jas. B. Gantt, J. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. I. The law malíes provision for certain property to be owned by a school district. Ch. 150 Rev. Stat. Mo. 1879. It does not contemplate, however, or provide for the raising of a surplus fund 'in the Several school districts of the counties by taxation; but only provides for raising by taxation sufficient fund for each current year, and it contemplates that there shall be no balance at end of year. Sects. 7050, 7031, Rev. Stat. Mo. 1879, Ch. 150; also, sect. 10, Article 12,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Philips, P. J.
The petition in this case sets out the following state of facts: That the defendant is an old school district, existing prior to 1880, composed of certain sections; that afterwards, in 1881 the plaintiff was erected into a new school district, composed of part of the territory formerly embraced in the defendant district, and certain *270other territory not so embraced. That at the date of the formation of the new district, the defendant was. not indebted in any sum whatever, and that there was then in the hands of the treasurer of Henry county the sum of $311.93, as a…
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