Douglas v. Kansas City
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. Chas. L. Dobson, Judge. (1) Tbe ordinance by which tbe city sought to extend its limits, was a nullity; it bad no more effect on tbe territory outside of tbe city than if it bad not been passed. Tbe other ordinances have no extra-territorial effect; they were not intended to have it and could not have bad it bad there been such intent.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. Chas. L. Dobson, Judge. (1) Tbe ordinance by which tbe city sought to extend its limits, was a nullity; it bad no more effect on tbe territory outside of tbe city than if it bad not been passed. Tbe other ordinances have no extra-territorial effect; they were not intended to have it and could not have bad it bad there been such intent. "What then? The city must have derived this right to collect licenses and arrest and imprison persons from force; from an illegal invasion of territory by the officers of the city. So, then, this is a right derived…
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
— Our attention is first called by this record to a jurisdictional inquiry.
Plaintiff sued for $2,682.50 and, upon the trial, obtained judgment for $1,218.60. There are cross appeals in the case. Plaintiff complains that the circuit court erred in refusing to award him the full amount of his demand. The city upon the other hand, makes the objection, that he was not entitled to recover anything. This, we think, opens up the whole case, and the entúfe sum in controversy between the parties is the “amount involved.”
If the plaintiff alone had appealed, the difference between his claim and the…
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