State ex rel. Miles v. Ellison
Supreme Court of Missouri
Certiorari. (1) The Kansas City Court of Appeals has jurisdiction to decide cases appealable to it according to the “last previous ruling of the Supreme Court on any question of law or. equity.” Within that limitation the Court of Appeals has jurisdiction. Beyond that it has no jurisdiction.
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Certiorari. (1) The Kansas City Court of Appeals has jurisdiction to decide cases appealable to it according to the “last previous ruling of the Supreme Court on any question of law or. equity.” Within that limitation the Court of Appeals has jurisdiction. Beyond that it has no jurisdiction. Constitution 1875, Amendment of 1884, see. 6; State ex rel. v. Robertson, 264 Mo. 678. (2) The Supreme Court shall have superintending control over courts of appeals' by mandamus, prohibition and certiorari. Constitution 1875, Amendment of 1884, sec. 8. (3) General allegations of law or conclusions,…
1Opinion of the CourtRevelle, J.
This is an original proceeding by certiorari to quash a judgment of the Kansas City Court of Appeals reversing a judgment of the circuit court of Macon County, Missouri, which latter judgment’ was rendered on the pleadings in a certain case wherein one Ed. T. Miles was seeking to contest a local option election held in the city of Macon, on December 8, 1913. [Miles v. Macon, 193 Mo. App. 306.] The notice of contest, which in such cases fills the office of a petition and to which contestee successfully demurred, attacked the election upon the ground, among others, that the same was not held in…
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