Thrasher v. Greene County
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Greene Circuit Court. — Hon. W. F. Geiger, Judge. ,(1) The county court of Greene county tad ¿he power to make the contracts put in evidence between skid county and appellants. Laws of Mo. 1878, p. 18, sec. 5. (2) The decision of this court in case of State of Missouri ex ret.
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Appeal from Greene Circuit Court. — Hon. W. F. Geiger, Judge. ,(1) The county court of Greene county tad ¿he power to make the contracts put in evidence between skid county and appellants. Laws of Mo. 1878, p. 18, sec. 5. (2) The decision of this court in case of State of Missouri ex ret. Wilson, Collector v. Garroutte, 67 Mo. 4-45, in which bonds of said Greene county issued te Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad Company were declared void, did not relieve said county from its subscription to the capital stock’ of said railroad company, nor prevent a non-resident assignee of said company, or '…
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.
This suit is based upon a contract made by the plaintiffs, attorneys at law, with the county court of Greene county on December 3, 1878. The contract was made matter of record and this suit is for services alleged to have been rendered pursuant to the contract, in a suit of Greene county against the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad Company, and two other railroad corporations in which suit there was a decree cancelling a subscription made by the county in 1870 to the Hannibal &St. Joseph Railroad Company, to aid in the construe-tion of the Kansas City and Memphis branch road. The *421history of…
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- Morrow v. Pike CountySupreme Court of Missouri · 1905
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