St. Joseph Board of Public Schools v. Patten
Supreme Court of Missouri
Petition for Mandamus. I. There is no authority for calling special elections at all,, and there is no ‘authority for' elections by the tax payers for any purpose. The constitution does not enforce itself. (St. Jo. & Denver City E. R. Co. vs. Buchanan County Court, 39 Mo., 488-89 ; Graves vs. Slaughter, 15 Pet., 496.) II.
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Petition for Mandamus. I. There is no authority for calling special elections at all,, and there is no ‘authority for' elections by the tax payers for any purpose. The constitution does not enforce itself. (St. Jo. & Denver City E. R. Co. vs. Buchanan County Court, 39 Mo., 488-89 ; Graves vs. Slaughter, 15 Pet., 496.) II. For the purpose of preventing the stoppage of the public schools from lack of money, as well as for other purposes, section 1 of the schedule was inserted in the constitution. (Laws of Mo., 1874, pp. 148,149, § 4.) III. The provision of the constitution, which limits the…
1Opinion of the CourtNapton, Judge
The St. Joseph Board of Public Schools is a corporation created by acts of the legislature of March 3d, 1866, and March 20th, 1872, and by those acts authorized to estimate the amount of money requisite for the purpose of building and repairing school houses and furnishing the same, and paying salaries of teachers and officers, and to meet other contingent expenses, and to make out and certify under the seal of the corporation their .annual estimates, and file a copy of the same with the clerk of the county court of Buchanan county, on or before the first Monday of August in each year. The…
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