Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Graham v. Seehorn

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided December 10, 1912PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Prohibition. (1) If the municipal court had no jurisdiction either of the original proceedings under ordinance 3209 or of the' supplemental proceedings (so.-called) ■under ordinance 7539, then the circuit court on appeal would have no jurisdiction.

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Prohibition. (1) If the municipal court had no jurisdiction either of the original proceedings under ordinance 3209 or of the' supplemental proceedings (so.-called) ■under ordinance 7539, then the circuit court on appeal would have no jurisdiction. (2) The charter of Kansas City could not confer original civil jurisdiction on the municipal court and so much of Secs. 1 and 2, Art. 6 and Sec. 10, Art. 4, of the Charter of 1908 as purports to do so, is violative of Secs. 1, 22, 34, 36 and 37, Art. 6 of the Constitution and Sec. 15 of the Schedule of the Constitution, conferring civil…

1Opinion of the CourtKennisit, J.

This is an original proceeding by prohibition. The relators are owners of real estate in a proposed benefit district in a certain condemnation proceeding in Kansas City. Respondent is judge ,of Division No. 3 of the circuit court of Jackson county, in which division the said condemnation proceeding is now pending. The purpose of this suit is tfiat respondent, as judge of said court, may be prohibited by the writ of this court from' further, holding cognizance of said condemnation proceeding. A preliminary rule in prohibition was granted upon the filing of the petition. In due time respondent…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Kansas City v. Marsh Oil Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1897
  2. State ex rel. Kansas City v. FieldSupreme Court of Missouri · 1889
  3. State ex rel. Garner v. Missouri & Kansas Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1905
  4. Kansas City v. BaconSupreme Court of Missouri · 1898
  5. Kansas City v. WardSupreme Court of Missouri · 1896

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. City of Dallas v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1933
  2. Kansas City v. WoerishoefferSupreme Court of Missouri · 1913
  3. State Ex Rel. Devanssay v. McGuireMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981
  4. Turner v. Kansas CitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1945
  5. Kansas City v. AshleySupreme Court of Missouri · 1966

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