Continental Telephone Co. v. Bouse

FLANIGAN, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff Continental Telephone Company of Missouri, a regulated utility, brought this action to recover a portion of the 1975 school taxes which it paid defendant William H. Bouse, the Crawford County collector. The portion was paid under protest. See § 139.031.1 A school district, Crawford County R-II, intervened in the action and opposed plaintiff's claim. The case was submitted to the trial court on stipulated facts. The trial court found in favor of Continental and awarded it the sum of $1,047.56. Intervenor R-II appeals.2

Appellant R — II is one of nine school…