State ex rel. Scott v. Lichte
Supreme Court of Missouri
Prohibition. (1) The county court has no jurisdiction under section 6004, Revised Statutes 1899', to include within the boundaries of the village of Bellflower, as sought to be incorporated, large tracts of farm lands which are used exclusively for agricultural and pastoral purposes. State ex rel. v. McReynolds, 61 Mo. 203; State ex rel. v. Campbell, 120 Mo. 402; State ex rel. v. Flemming, 185 Mo. 566; State ex rel. v. Jenkens, 25 Mo.
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Prohibition. (1) The county court has no jurisdiction under section 6004, Revised Statutes 1899', to include within the boundaries of the village of Bellflower, as sought to be incorporated, large tracts of farm lands which are used exclusively for agricultural and pastoral purposes. State ex rel. v. McReynolds, 61 Mo. 203; State ex rel. v. Campbell, 120 Mo. 402; State ex rel. v. Flemming, 185 Mo. 566; State ex rel. v. Jenkens, 25 Mo. App. 484; State ex inf. v. Bellflower, 129 Mo. App. 138; State ex rel. v. Small, 131 Mo. App. 470; State ex rel. v. Minnetonka, 57 Minn. 526; Vestal v. Little…
1Opinion of the CourtValliant, C. J.
This is an application for a writ of prohibition to go against respondents, composing the county court of Montgomery county, to prohibit them entertaining jurisdiction of a petition filed in that court, founded on section 6004, Revised Statutes 1899, praying for the incorporation of a village to be called the town of Bellflower. The petition was signed by two-thirds of the taxable inhabitants of the area sought to be embraced within the limits of the proposed corporation and was in due form; it embraced 460 acres of land; it was filed in the county court May 8, 1908, while the court was in…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- State v. FlemingSupreme Court of Missouri · 1900
- Copeland v. City of St. JosephSupreme Court of Missouri · 1895
- State ex rel. Patterson v. McReynoldsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1875
- State ex inf. Rosenberger v. Town of BellflowerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1908
- State ex rel. Meriwether v. CampbellSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
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- State v. ChampSupreme Court of Missouri · 1965
- In re Incorporate the City of DuquesneSupreme Court of Missouri · 1959
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