State ex rel. Pike County v. Gordon
Supreme Court of Missouri
Mandamus. (1) Voting on the proposition to issue bonds to build two court houses, in the same county, one at the city of Bowling Green and the other at the city of Louisiana, is not two separate and distinct propositions, for separate, different and distinct purposes, as set out and urged in the first division of respondent’s brief. • There is no difference between the relator and the respondent, as to what the law is, in this case.
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Mandamus. (1) Voting on the proposition to issue bonds to build two court houses, in the same county, one at the city of Bowling Green and the other at the city of Louisiana, is not two separate and distinct propositions, for separate, different and distinct purposes, as set out and urged in the first division of respondent’s brief. • There is no difference between the relator and the respondent, as to what the law is, in this case. The only difference is in the application of the facts to the law. (2) The facts in the cases cited under point one of respondent’s brief, are not at all…
1Opinion of the CourtBlair, J.
Mandamus. — By this proceeding Pike County seeks to compel the State Auditor to register bonds issued to raise funds to build two courthouses — one in Bowling Green for the circuit court and C0UI1£y 0fficeS) and one in the city of Louisiana for the Louisiana Court of Common Pleas. Respondent waived the issuance of the formal alternative writ and demurred. In accordance with our practice in such circumstances, the petition will be permitted to stand as and for the alternative writ.
*326The argued grounds of demurrer are (1) that no sufficient notice of the bond election was given, and (2) that two…
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- State ex rel. Town of Canton v. AllenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1903
- State ex rel. City of Columbia v. AllenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1904
- State ex rel. Carrollton School District v. GordonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1910
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