Trask v. Livingston County
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Linn Circuit Court.— Hon. Jno. P. Butler, Judge. The income and revenue for the year 1890 was exhausted by the payment of warrants issued prior to those in suit, and' prior to the issuance of the warrants sued on defendant had become indebted in excess of its income and revenues for said year of 1880’, and said warrants are void.
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Appeal from Linn Circuit Court.— Hon. Jno. P. Butler, Judge. The income and revenue for the year 1890 was exhausted by the payment of warrants issued prior to those in suit, and' prior to the issuance of the warrants sued on defendant had become indebted in excess of its income and revenues for said year of 1880’, and said warrants are void. Const., seo. 12, art. 10; Saleno v. Neosho, 127 Mo. 639; Lamar v. City of Lamar, 128 Mo. 188 ; Water Company v. City of Neosho, 136 Mo. 511; Water Company v. City of Lamar, 140 Mo. 156; Bank v. Douglass County, 146 Mo. 56; East St. Louis v. East St.…
1Opinion of the Court
GANTT, J. —
This is an action by the' plaintiff as the assignee of seventeen warrants issued by the county court of Livingston county to the original holders thereof for materials furnished and work and labor done for said county in the year 1890.
The petition counts separately upon each warrant and its assignment to plaintiff, its presentation to the county treasurer, and its dishonor and protest, and judgment is prayed for the aggregate of all of said warrants with interest.
*588The answer pleads that the said several warrants ‘were issued in excess of the revenues of said county for the year 1890…
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