State ex rel. Rainwater v. Ross
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jasper Circuit Court. — Ron. B. G. Thurman and Ron. J. D. Perkins, Judges. (1) These provisions of the statute are mandatory. Ballots without numbers were counted in the Fifth ward, and the ballots in the Fifth ward were not sealed up in a package, but were returned loose on a ■string in an unfastened box, and should not have been counted. West v. Ross, 53 Mo. 350; Ledbetter v. Hull, 62 Mo. 422; Donald v. Lee, 101 Mo.
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Appeal from Jasper Circuit Court. — Ron. B. G. Thurman and Ron. J. D. Perkins, Judges. (1) These provisions of the statute are mandatory. Ballots without numbers were counted in the Fifth ward, and the ballots in the Fifth ward were not sealed up in a package, but were returned loose on a ■string in an unfastened box, and should not have been counted. West v. Ross, 53 Mo. 350; Ledbetter v. Hull, 62 Mo. 422; Donald v. Lee, 101 Mo. App. 191; McKay v. Minor, 154 Mo. 608. (2) The admission in evidence of the news report in the “Press” of the action •of the council ordering election to be held at…
1Opinion of the CourtKennish, J.
— This proceeding by mandamus was brought by the relator in the circuit court of Jasper county, against the respondents as judges of the county court. The purpose of the suit was to compel the respondents as such judges to grant a license to relator to keep a dramshop in the city of Carthage, a city of over. 2500 inhabitants in said county. Upon a trial a peremptory writ of mandamus was denied and relator appealed to the Springfield Court of Appeals, in which court the judgment was affirmed. After 'the affirmance of the judgment the case was transferred to this court upon the motion of…
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- Castello v. St. Louis Circuit CourtSupreme Court of Missouri · 1859
- Coffey v. City of CarthageSupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
- State v. DoerringSupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
- State ex rel. Ewing v. FrancisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1885
- State ex rel. Keshlear v. SloverSupreme Court of Missouri · 1896
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- Felker v. City of SikestonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1960
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