State Ex Rel. Kinder v. Little River Drainage District
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Bollinger Circuit Court. Hon. Peter H. Huch, Judge. (1) The defendant drainage district is a public corporation of the State of Missouri.
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Appeal from Bollinger Circuit Court. Hon. Peter H. Huch, Judge. (1) The defendant drainage district is a public corporation of the State of Missouri. Laws 1905, p. 192, sec. 8253; Secs. 5498, 5499, R. S. 1909. (2) In addition to the statutory enactment creating the district as a public corporation this court has repeatedly held that such a drainage district is a political subdivision of the State—is a governmental agency, and in no sense a private corporation ; that it is a public corporation ‘ ‘ as much as the city of St. Louis or the city of Hannibal.” Morrison v. Morey, 146 Mo. 543, 561;…
1Opinion of the Court
The suit is to recover the general State and county taxes assessed against real estate owned by the defendant. The petition describes thirty tracts of land aggregating 4,635.66 acres, situated in Bollinger County, and demands judgment for delinquent taxes for the years 1916 and 1917.
The answer set forth facts which, under Section 6, Article X, of the State Constitution, the defendant claims exempts the land from taxation.
On a trial of the cause at the September term of the Bollinger Circuit Court judgment was rendered for the plaintiff enforcing the tax lien, in the sum of $966.62. From that…
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