Williams v. Chariton County
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to Chariton Circuit Court. This case was submitted to the Chariton county circuit court on an agreed statement of facts, and upon that statement judgment was rendered in favor of respondent, from which plaintiff appealed. This agreed statement shows that in the general election of 1876, plaintiff was elected assessor of Chariton county, for which place he duly qualified and entered on the discharge of its duties.
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Error to Chariton Circuit Court. This case was submitted to the Chariton county circuit court on an agreed statement of facts, and upon that statement judgment was rendered in favor of respondent, from which plaintiff appealed. This agreed statement shows that in the general election of 1876, plaintiff was elected assessor of Chariton county, for which place he duly qualified and entered on the discharge of its duties. That the legislature in 1877 passed a law making it the duty of the county assessor ' to list and register each and every dog over three months of age, owned or kept by any…
1Opinion of the Court
Pee Cueiam.
Under the authority of the case of Shed v. Ry. Co., 67 Mo. 687, no fees are allowed an officer except where expressly given and allowed by law. Moreover the compensation of assessors, except in St. Louis county, is fixed at a certain sum, and this sum includes all personal property assessed to one owner. Dogs being assessed in the list of personal property makes no increase in the emoluments of the assessor. See section 69, W. S. 1872, p. 1172. Therefore, judgment affirmed.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Shed v. Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1878
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