J. N. Street v. School District
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Buchanan Circuit Court. — Hon. Henry M. Ramey, Judge. This court has no jurisdiction of these cases. Respondent Abler recovered, by the judgment of the circuit court, $182.55. The other respondents recovered each a smaller sum, so that, as to the amount involved in any one of these cases, no jurisdiction was conferred upon this court.
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Appeal from Buchanan Circuit Court. — Hon. Henry M. Ramey, Judge. This court has no jurisdiction of these cases. Respondent Abler recovered, by the judgment of the circuit court, $182.55. The other respondents recovered each a smaller sum, so that, as to the amount involved in any one of these cases, no jurisdiction was conferred upon this court. Section 12 of article 6 of the Constitution confers jurisdiction upon the Court of Appeals in cases wherein the amount recovered does not exceed the sum of $4,500.00. No question arises in this case invPving a construction of the Constitution of this…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
The above four cases have been submitted under one brief. Each of the said plaintiffs sought to recover in the circuit court of Buchanan county from the defendant, School District of St. Joseph, damages for failure to perform certain contracts alleged to have been made by the plaintiffs severally with School District Number Seven, township 57, range 35 of Buchanan county. Each of the petitions alleges the corporate capacity of the two districts as school districts and that on the 9th day of September, 1904, the voters of Number Seven voted in favor of becoming incorporated with the defendant,…
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- City of St. Joseph v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1904
- State ex rel. Kansas City Loan Guarantee Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of Missouri · 1903
- State ex rel. Hogan v. Police CommissionersSupreme Court of Missouri · 1902
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