State v. Curators State University
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from. Boone Circuit Court. I. The suit was properly brought in the name of the State. (State vs. Saline Comity, 51 Mo., 350.) II. The defendants are proper parties defendants. (State vs. Sanderson, 51 Mo., 203.) III. The bonds were issued by the County Court of Phelps, without the assent of the qualified voters of the county, and void.
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Appeal from. Boone Circuit Court. I. The suit was properly brought in the name of the State. (State vs. Saline Comity, 51 Mo., 350.) II. The defendants are proper parties defendants. (State vs. Sanderson, 51 Mo., 203.) III. The bonds were issued by the County Court of Phelps, without the assent of the qualified voters of the county, and void. (See State Const., Art. XI, § 14.) I. The curators.of the University of Missouri are a “public corporation” ; an agency of the State, and part of the machinery of the State government. (Head vs. Curators, 47 Mo., 222.) Section 14, Art. XI, of the…
1Opinion of the CourtNaptoN, Judge
This action is brought by the State against the curators of the University, the County Court of Phelps county, and the Treasurer of the School of Mines. The petition sets out in detail various provisions of the act of the legislature of February 24, 1870, entitled “an act to locate and dispose of the congressional land grant of July 2, 1862, to endow, support and maintain schools of agriculture and the mechanic arts and a school of mines and metallurgy, and to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions of life.”
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