Legal Opinion
State v. Pretended Consolidated School District Number One
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided September 26, 1949No. 40700PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
By this proceeding in quo warranto fifty resident taxpayers of Montgomery County challenge the organization of Consolidated School District No. 1 and seek to oust its directors. Jurisdiction of the appeal is in this court because it involves the title to an office under the state. Const. Mo. 1945, Art. 5, Sec. 3; State ex inf. Thompson v. Bright, 298 Mo. 335,250 S.W. 599.
In May 1946 nine common school districts were organized into a consolidated school district for the purpose of establishing and maintaining both elementary schools and a high school. Mo. R.S.A., Secs. 10493, 10495, 10497. In…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- State Ex Inf. McAllister Ex Rel. Lincoln v. BirdSupreme Court of Missouri · 1922
- State ex inf. Carnahan v. JonesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1915
- State Ex Rel. Attorney-General v. SullivanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1928
- State ex inf. Simrall v. ClardySupreme Court of Missouri · 1916
- State Ex Inf. Thompson Ex Rel. Pugh v. BrightSupreme Court of Missouri · 1923
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Stewart v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1966
- State Ex Rel. Kugler v. TillatsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1958
- Garrard v. State Department of Public Health & WelfareMissouri Court of Appeals · 1964
- State v. Consolidated Sch. Dist. No. 4 of Iron CountySupreme Court of Missouri · 1967
- State Ex Rel. Mooney v. Consolidated School District No. 3Missouri Court of Appeals · 1955
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