Town of Cameron v. Stephenson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Clinton Circuit Court. — Hon. Geo. W. Dunn, Judge. At the November term of the county court of Clinton county, Stephenson filed his objections to the rendition of judgment by said court against a certain lot owned by him alleged to be situate within the corporate limits of the town of Cameron, in said county, for taxes assessed against said lot by the corporate authorities of said town, alleging that said lot was not within the corporate limits of said town, and…
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Appeal from Clinton Circuit Court. — Hon. Geo. W. Dunn, Judge. At the November term of the county court of Clinton county, Stephenson filed his objections to the rendition of judgment by said court against a certain lot owned by him alleged to be situate within the corporate limits of the town of Cameron, in said county, for taxes assessed against said lot by the corporate authorities of said town, alleging that said lot was not within the corporate limits of said town, and that said taxes were illegally assessed. The court sustained the objections, and refused to give judgment against the…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, C. J.
l. municipal coksi°n'^omowiTuInits: town plats.
It was held in Wells v. Weston, 22 Mo. 384, that the Legislature could not authorize a munichPal corporation to tax, for its own local purposes, lands lying beyond the corporate Htnits. This ruling was afterwards approvingly cited in St. Charles v. Nolle, 51 Mo. 122. If the Legislature could not confer such authority as the above mentioned, then a fortiori, the mere assumption of such authority by the officials of the incorporated territory, could confer on their extra-territorial acts no validity. Nor do we think the matter of such validity is…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Wells v. City of WestonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1856
- City of St. Charles v. NolleSupreme Court of Missouri · 1872
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