Legal Opinion

Heller v. Stremmel

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided March 15, 1873PublishedCited by 25 opinions

Error to Si. Louis Circuit Court. The “Board of President and Directors of the St. Louis Public Schools,” is a municipal corporation. It exists as a corporation for tlie public advantage. (Dillon on Municipal Corporations, 29.) The Board of President and Directors of the Public Schools is not a municipal corporation within tlie purview of tlie law.

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Error to Si. Louis Circuit Court. The “Board of President and Directors of the St. Louis Public Schools,” is a municipal corporation. It exists as a corporation for tlie public advantage. (Dillon on Municipal Corporations, 29.) The Board of President and Directors of the Public Schools is not a municipal corporation within tlie purview of tlie law. (2 Kent’s Com., 11th Edition pp. 316-321; 4 Wheaton, pp. 634 el seq., 694passim', Dartmouth College vs. Woodward, 1 Smnner, 276, 296, 302, 313 ; Osborn vs. U. S. Bank, 9 Wheat., 938; Bank of the State of So. Car. vs. Smith’s Exr., 3 McCord. 377; U.…

1Opinion of the CourtTories, Judge

The plaintiff and the defendant were opposing candidates for the office of Justice of the County Court of St. Louis County, at an election holden on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of August, 1871. The certificate of election was given to the defendant, upon which he was commissioned and entered on the duties of the office.

The plaintiff filed his petition in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, under the provisions of the statute, contesting the election of the plaintiff, and averring as a ground of his contest of said election, that the defendant at the time of the election held…

2Cited by25 opinions

  1. Laret Investment Co. v. DickmannSupreme Court of Missouri · 1939
  2. Beiser Ex Rel. Beiser v. Parkway School DistrictSupreme Court of Missouri · 1979
  3. Schultes v. EberlySupreme Court of Alabama · 1886
  4. City of St. Louis v. SmithSupreme Court of Missouri · 1930
  5. State Ex Rel. Caldwell v. Little River Drainage DistrictSupreme Court of Missouri · 1921

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