State ex rel. City of Memphis v. Hackman
Supreme Court of Missouri
Mandamus. (1) Even if it be found that the ordinance calling the election was not properly adopted, or was not signed by the mayor, or both, yet it was sufficient as an order to “order” a special election to vote upon the proposition of issuing bonds.
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Mandamus. (1) Even if it be found that the ordinance calling the election was not properly adopted, or was not signed by the mayor, or both, yet it was sufficient as an order to “order” a special election to vote upon the proposition of issuing bonds. Sec. 9545, R. S. 1909; State ex rel. v. Allen, 178 Mo. 573. (2) It is not necessary that the ordinance calling the election nor the notice of election should specify the rate in interest nor the terms of the bonds, nor the paper in which the notice is to be published, nor the number of days the notice is to be given. Sec. 9545, R. S. 1909; State…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
Mandamus is sought to compel respondent to register twenty-five thousand dollars of the bonds of relator. The alternative writ was waived and return made to the petition as and for the writ.
On February 7, 1916, relator, a city of the fourth class, adopted an ordinance providing for the calling of a special election for February 28, 1916, to enable the qualified voters of said city to vote on a proposition which if carried would authorize the issuance of twenty-five thousand dollars of bonds to defray the expenses of erecting a municipal electric lighting plant. . The ordinance in question is…
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