State ex Informatione Lowe v. Henderson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. E. P. Oates, Judge. (1) The school laws of the State contemplate the existence of but one school district within a city, and that within its jurisdiction there shall at all times be embraced at least all qf the territory within the corporate limits of such city.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. E. P. Oates, Judge. (1) The school laws of the State contemplate the existence of but one school district within a city, and that within its jurisdiction there shall at all times be embraced at least all qf the territory within the corporate limits of such city. By operation of law, as a consequence of the annexation of the city of Westport to Kansas City, by the extension of the limits of the latter, the limits of the school district tó Kansas City were also extended, so as to embrace the territory formerly within the limits of the school district of…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, C. J.
This is an information in the nature of a quo warranto to test the right of the respondents to the office of directors in the school district of the city of Westport. The proceeding was brought originally in the circuit court of Jackson county and upon atrial therein, ouster was denied, and the relator has appealed to this court.
Two questions are presented in the record: First, is the extension of the city limits of Kansas City as voted by the qualified voters of said city on December 2, 1897, valid? and, second, if valid, did such extension and the resulting extinction of the corporate…
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