State ex rel. St. Joseph Water Co. v. Eastin
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Buchanan Circuit Court. — Ron. Thomas B. Allen, Judge. (1) One-vital issue involved in this case was adjudicated long before this suit was brought, and the subject-matter of the suit then became res adjudicata. State ex rel. Buchanan County v. Patton, 271 Mo. 554; State ex rel. v. Mining Co., 262 Mo.. 502; Exposition Driving' Park v. Kansas City, 174 Mo. 438; Turnverein v. Hagerman, 232 Mo. 704; Edmonson v. Carter, 180 Mo. 515; LaRue v. Kempf, 186 Mo.
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Appeal from Buchanan Circuit Court. — Ron. Thomas B. Allen, Judge. (1) One-vital issue involved in this case was adjudicated long before this suit was brought, and the subject-matter of the suit then became res adjudicata. State ex rel. Buchanan County v. Patton, 271 Mo. 554; State ex rel. v. Mining Co., 262 Mo.. 502; Exposition Driving' Park v. Kansas City, 174 Mo. 438; Turnverein v. Hagerman, 232 Mo. 704; Edmonson v. Carter, 180 Mo. 515; LaRue v. Kempf, 186 Mo. App. 701; Drake v. Mayor of New York, 77 N. Y. 611; So. Minn. Ry. Ext. Co. v. Railroad, 55 Fed. 090; Hirshbach v. Ketchum, 82 N. Y.…
1Opinion of the CourtBlair, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment for relator in a proceeding by mandamus to compel appellants to audit, allow and pay a claim for a balance alleged to be due for water furnished during a period of about four years preceding the application for the alternative writ. The facts are stated in State ex rel. v. Eastin, 2'70 Mo. 193, and a restatement of them in detail will not be necessary.
Under a franchise ordinance adopted and accepted in 1900, relator, a public service corporation, agreed to furnish water to large consumers in the City of St. Joseph at the rate of six cents per thousand…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Cromwell v. County of SacSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Boyd v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- State ex inf. Crow v. Continental Tobacco Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1903
- Register v. HensleySupreme Court of Missouri · 1879
- State ex rel. St. Joseph Water Co. v. GeigerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1912
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