State ex rel. Tillery v. Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Lafayette Circuit Court. — Hon. John P. Strother, Judge. The petition in this case alleged the bridge in question to be a toll bridge. (1) The petition is sufficient and shows a complete •cause of hetion. R. S., 1879, art. 9, chap. 145, sec. 688. (2) The value of the bridge as assessed was purely local and ought to have been and was apportioned to Clay .and Jackson counties alone. (3) The bridge is a toll •one within the meaning of the statute.
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Appeal from Lafayette Circuit Court. — Hon. John P. Strother, Judge. The petition in this case alleged the bridge in question to be a toll bridge. (1) The petition is sufficient and shows a complete •cause of hetion. R. S., 1879, art. 9, chap. 145, sec. 688. (2) The value of the bridge as assessed was purely local and ought to have been and was apportioned to Clay .and Jackson counties alone. (3) The bridge is a toll •one within the meaning of the statute. R. S., sec. 6901. The term, “joint stock companies,” must be intended for joint stock corporations, for the former, as meant in the…
1Opinion of the CourtHenry, C. J.
This is an action commenced by plaintiff in the Clay circuit court for the recovery of $3,907.14, taxes assessed against defendant ’ s bridge over the Missouri river at Kansas City, for the year 1883. A demurrer to the petition was sustained, and j udgment rendered in favor of defendant, from which this appeal is prosecuted.
The only question for determination presented by the record and by counsel in their briefs is, whether under section 6901, Revised Statutes, 1879, said bridge is taxable as a toll bridge or only as a part of the railroad. That section is as follows: “All bridges over…
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