Legal Opinion

Village of Nixa ex rel. McMullen v. Wilson

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided December 20, 1917Published

Appeal from Webster Circuit Court.' — lion. C. H. Skinker, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtEarrington, J.

This legal entanglement grows ont of the refusal of the defendant to pay his three dollar poll tax to the village in which he resided levied for the year 1915. The cause originated in a justice court from which it went on appeal to the circuit court where the plaintiff village prevailed, and the defendant comes here complaining of error.

The evidence discloses that defendant was forty-eight years of age when the 1915 levy was made.

A question of fact was raised in the circuit court on the character of the notice and demand made by the village authorities on the defendant, but that question is…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. State v. BockstruckSupreme Court of Missouri · 1896
  2. City of Tarkio v. CookSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
  3. State v. ClarkeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
  4. City of St. Louis v. St. Louis RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1886
  5. City of St. Louis v. Grafeman Dairy Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1905

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