State ex rel. Stamper v. Holladay
Supreme Court of Missouri
Mandamus. The requirement of the proviso to the act of 1877 that the township aid act of 1868 shall have been decided to be a constitutional act by the courts of final jurisdiction having cognizance of the question, before any township bond shall be redeemed, is fully met by the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Mandamus. The requirement of the proviso to the act of 1877 that the township aid act of 1868 shall have been decided to be a constitutional act by the courts of final jurisdiction having cognizance of the question, before any township bond shall be redeemed, is fully met by the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States. Cass Co. v. Johnston, 95 U. S. 360 ; Douglass v. Pike Co., 101 U. S. 677. In every case adjudicated in a federal court, the decision of that court is “ the law of the ease ” to this court. Block v. Commissioners, 99 U. S. 686; Lytle v. State, 17 Ark. 608. It’ could…
1Opinion of the CourtHenry, J.
The petition alleges, that in 1871, Randolph county, on behalf of Sugar Creek township, in said county, issued 130 bonds, signed by James Terrill, then presiding justice of the county court of said county, duly sealed and attested, each of which was for the payment of $500, to the Tebo & Neosho Railroad Company, or bearer, ten years after its date and bearing interest at the rate of ten per cent per annum payable semi-annually, for which coupons were attached to the bonds; that these bonds were issued under and in pursuance of the act of the general assembly of this State, approved March…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- County of Cass v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Harshman v. Bates CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Webb v. Lafayette CountySupreme Court of Missouri · 1878
3Cited by6 opinions
- State ex rel. Wilson v. RaineySupreme Court of Missouri · 1881
- State ex rel. Trammel v. Hannibal & St. Joseph RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1890
- State ex rel. Prairie Township v. WalkerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1884
- Dallas County v. MerrillSupreme Court of Missouri · 1883
- Orr v. Lawrence CountySupreme Court of Missouri · 1881
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