State ex inf. Wright v. Morgan
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Nodaway Circuit Court. — Ron. Williaim G. Ellison. Judge. (1) This act is local and special in that it provided that town or city school districts having an enumeration of two hundred children of school age shall not he included in any consolidated school district, thereby exempting from the provisions of the act large portions of the State embraced in city and town districts that can never have an opportunity to vote on consolidated schools, this being a Local…
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Appeal from Nodaway Circuit Court. — Ron. Williaim G. Ellison. Judge. (1) This act is local and special in that it provided that town or city school districts having an enumeration of two hundred children of school age shall not he included in any consolidated school district, thereby exempting from the provisions of the act large portions of the State embraced in city and town districts that can never have an opportunity to vote on consolidated schools, this being a Local Option Law. Local Option Laws must apply to the whole State. Otherwise they violate section 53 of article 4 of the…
1Opinion of the Court
RAILEY C.
— On July 7, 1914, George P. Wright, prosecuting attorney of Nodaway County, commenced a proceeding by quo warranto, in the circuit court of said county, against the above named defendants, charging that they were unlawfully and wilfully usurping and exercising the functions and prerogatives of directors of school districts numbered 141, 160, 161, 162 *269and 181, in said county, in the way and manner aforesaid, under the pretense and claim that the above mentioned school districts were embraced in and constitute the alleged Consolidated District No. 162 as aforesaid; and that said…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Hayes v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Harding v. BedollSupreme Court of Missouri · 1907
- State v. RuckSupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
- Stark v. ZehnderSupreme Court of Missouri · 1907
- State ex rel. Dome v. WilcoxSupreme Court of Missouri · 1870
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Hudgins v. Mooresville Consolidated School DistrictSupreme Court of Missouri · 1925
- Wheeler School District No. 152 v. HawleyWashington Supreme Court · 1943
- State ex rel. Reorganized School District No. 4 v. HolmesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1950
- State ex inf. Barker v. SmithSupreme Court of Missouri · 1917
- State Ex Inf. Attorney-General v. ParrishSupreme Court of Missouri · 1925
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