State ex rel. Robinson v. Sanderson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Jlppeal from Pike Circuit Court. I. The bonds were illegally issued, and were void. The law required that the election should be conducted in accordance with the law controlling general and special elections, then in force. (Sess. Acts 1868, p. 92, § 1.) The election was not so conducted. 1st. The order for an election undertook to prescribe qualifications for voters, contrary to, and in direct violation of, the constitution of the State.
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Jlppeal from Pike Circuit Court. I. The bonds were illegally issued, and were void. The law required that the election should be conducted in accordance with the law controlling general and special elections, then in force. (Sess. Acts 1868, p. 92, § 1.) The election was not so conducted. 1st. The order for an election undertook to prescribe qualifications for voters, contrary to, and in direct violation of, the constitution of the State. (Ari. 2, Const. §§ 3,15, 16, 17, 18.) 2nd. The order for an election did not direct that any notice should be given, and no notice of the election was in…
1Opinion of the CourtNapton, Judge
This is an application to the Circuit, Court of Pike county to issue au injunction against Sanderson, the collector, prohibiting him from collecting certain taxes levied by the County Court to pay the interest on certain bonds issued by that Court on a subscription of $100,000 to the Clarksville & Weston R. R. Co. The suit is by the State through the circuit attorney.
The-grounds, upon which the injunction is asked, are that the election, held under the order of court, upon the question of subscribing to the R. R. Co., was illegal, inasmuch as it allowed disqualified persons to vote, and…
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