State ex inf. Hadley v. Goffee
Supreme Court of Missouri
Quo Warranto. (1) The Act of 1893 makes the weighing of grain a part of the inspection of grain and requires that all grain which is “subject for inspection” and is inspected by State Inspectors, should be weighed by State weighmasters, whether such grain goes into or out of public or private warehouses or elevators, or is contained in “ears, barges, wagons or sacks.”
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Quo Warranto. (1) The Act of 1893 makes the weighing of grain a part of the inspection of grain and requires that all grain which is “subject for inspection” and is inspected by State Inspectors, should be weighed by State weighmasters, whether such grain goes into or out of public or private warehouses or elevators, or is contained in “ears, barges, wagons or sacks.” Sec. 5632, R. S. 1889 (sec. 7650, R. S. 1899); sec. 5620, R. S. 1889 (sec. 7638, E. S. 1899); secs. 5657a, 5657b, 5657c, 5657d, 5657e, 5657f, Laws 1893, p. 182. (2) Under the facts charged in the information and admitted by…
1Opinion of the CourtValliant, J.
The information filed by the Attorney-General- gives the court to understand that respondents Goffee and others are officers of the Board of Trade of Kansas City,'and that respondents Miller and others have been appointed by that board to weigh grain brought to or shipped from that market, and under such appointment have usurped the office of weighmasters created by law under article 3 of chapter 117, Revised Statutes 1899, entitled, “Inspection of Grain,” and have excluded therefrom certain persons named, to-wit, J. T. Bradshaw and others, who- were duly appointed by the Board of Railroad…
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