Union Electric Co. v. Collector of Revenue of St. Francois County

HENLEY, Judge.

This appeal was transferred here by the Court of Appeals, St. Louis district, on the ground it involved the construction of revenue laws of this state. It involves four cases, consolidated for trial and final decision, in each of which the plaintiff sought to recover from the Collector of Revenue of St. Francois county (defendant) a portion of 1973 school taxes paid under protest. The plaintiffs are Union Electric Company, Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, Missouri-Illinois Railroad Company and Southwestern Bell Telephone Company (plaintiffs). Seven school districts and a…