Woods ex rel. Rogers v. Henry
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Glinton Circuit Court, I. The court will take judicial notice of county boundaries. (State vs. Worrell, 25 Mo., 212; Hinckly vs. Beck-with, 23 Wis., 328; Mossman vs. Forrest, 27 Ind., 233; Indianapolis B. B. Co. vs. Stephens, 28 Ind., 429 ; Woodward vs. Chicago & E. Co., 1 Wis., 309; Martin vs. Martin, 51 Mo., 366.) II.
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Appeal from Glinton Circuit Court, I. The court will take judicial notice of county boundaries. (State vs. Worrell, 25 Mo., 212; Hinckly vs. Beck-with, 23 Wis., 328; Mossman vs. Forrest, 27 Ind., 233; Indianapolis B. B. Co. vs. Stephens, 28 Ind., 429 ; Woodward vs. Chicago & E. Co., 1 Wis., 309; Martin vs. Martin, 51 Mo., 366.) II. The statute of this State requires the metes and bounds of a municipal corporation to be stated in the order of the court creating the corporation. (Gen. Stat. 1865, p. 240, §1; Dill. Mun. Corp., 124.) III. Any ambiguity or doubt arising out of the terms of the…
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, Judge
This was an action in the nature of quo warranto, to oust the defendants from their offices as trustees of the *town of Cameron, in Clinton county, Missouri. The Circuit Court decided in favor of the plaintiff, and entered a judgment of ouster, from which the defendants have appealed to this court.
The leading facts are, that the town of Cameron was laid off and platted on part of section 23, of township 57, of range 30, in Clinton county, and a plat of the town thus laid off was duly acknowledged and filed íd the Recorder’s office of Clinton county. The town as thus laid off was built up and…
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