School District No. 7 v. School District of St. Joseph
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Buchanan Circuit Court. — Row. A. M. Woodson, Judge. (1) The provisions of sec. 9860, article 2, chapter 154, Revised Statutes 1899, apply only to school districts organized under that article, and do not apply to cities of more than fifty thousand and less than three hundred thousand inhabitants, like Kansas Ci'ty and St. Joseph, organized under article 3. State ex rel. v. Henderson, 145 Mo. 329. In that case the same laws which are here applicable were involved…
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Appeal from Buchanan Circuit Court. — Row. A. M. Woodson, Judge. (1) The provisions of sec. 9860, article 2, chapter 154, Revised Statutes 1899, apply only to school districts organized under that article, and do not apply to cities of more than fifty thousand and less than three hundred thousand inhabitants, like Kansas Ci'ty and St. Joseph, organized under article 3. State ex rel. v. Henderson, 145 Mo. 329. In that case the same laws which are here applicable were involved and considered, and the case is necessarily decisive of this. (2) The statute under which it is claimed the limits of…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, J.
“The plaintiff school district was organized under the general laws of the State, April 13, 1892, and in addition to its other territory included a tract of land which was platted and1 known as Saint George. It then purchased a' schoolhouse site consisting of five lots in the Saint George plat and received in its own corporate name a deed therefor, issued bonds in the amount of $9,000 payable May 13, 1912, with 6 per cent interest payable semiannually, sold the bonds at par, and immediately expended the entire amount realized in the erection of a schoolhouse on the site so acquired.
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2Cases cited5 opinions
- National Water Works Co. v. School DistrictMissouri Court of Appeals · 1886
- School District Number 1 v. School District Number 4Supreme Court of Missouri · 1887
- State ex Informatione Lowe v. HendersonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1898
- Litson v. SmithMissouri Court of Appeals · 1897
- School District v. GooddingSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
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