State ex rel. Gray v. Wilder
Supreme Court of Missouri
Mandamus. (1) It will be admitted that relator has the right to have his necessary expenses paid while holding court in Joplin, unless that right has been taken away by the Act of March 10, 1905. And the act expressly provides that it shall not apply to circuits consisting of only one county. The proviso at the end of sec. 2 of the act is not limited to that section, and does not read, “This section shall not apply,” but reads, “This act shall not apply.”
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Mandamus. (1) It will be admitted that relator has the right to have his necessary expenses paid while holding court in Joplin, unless that right has been taken away by the Act of March 10, 1905. And the act expressly provides that it shall not apply to circuits consisting of only one county. The proviso at the end of sec. 2 of the act is not limited to that section, and does not read, “This section shall not apply,” but reads, “This act shall not apply.” And, therefore, the judges of the circuits defined in the proviso are not affected by the act. The act is entitled “An Act to Repeal…
1Opinion of the CourtPox, J.
This is an original proceeding in this court by which it is sought by the relator to obtain from this court a peremptory writ of mandamus compelling the respondent to audit certain items of expenses incurred by the relator in holding court in the city of Joplin, Jasper county, Missouri. We deem it unnecessary to set out in detail the petition of the relator. It will suffice to briefly state the facts upon which this proceeding is predicated. Judge Gray, the relator in this proceeding, is a resident of the city of Carthage, Jasper county, Mo., and ever since the first Monday in January, 1905,…
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