School District No. 1 v. Weber

On the 25th day of June, 1877, a petition was filed in the St. .Francois circuit court on behalf of certain school districts through which the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway runs, asking that a mandamus be issued to the justices of the county court of St. Francois county, compelling them to distribute among said districts certain school taxes collected from said railroad for the years 1871,1872,1873, 1874 and 1875, under a levy made in January, 1875. A peremptory writ was awarded by the circuit court, as prayed by the petitioners. The only question presented by the record is…