Church v. Hadley
Supreme Court of Missouri
'Appeal from Cole Circuit Court. — Ron. John M. Williams, Judge. (1) The acts of the Forty-sixth General Assembly, approved March 16, 1911, and March 24, 1911, and the method therein adopted for the issuance of State bonds to create a fund for the building of a new State capitol, were not authorized or warranted hy the provisions of section 44, article 4 of the State Constitution.
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'Appeal from Cole Circuit Court. — Ron. John M. Williams, Judge. (1) The acts of the Forty-sixth General Assembly, approved March 16, 1911, and March 24, 1911, and the method therein adopted for the issuance of State bonds to create a fund for the building of a new State capitol, were not authorized or warranted hy the provisions of section 44, article 4 of the State Constitution. The destruction of the State capitol hy fire did not create an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution authorizing the creating of the State liability and the issuance of the bonds in question in this…
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
Plaintiff, a resident taxpaying citizen of this State, by his bill in equity, seeks to enjoin the “Board of Fund Commissioners” of the State, which said board is made upi of the Governor, Attorney-General, State Auditor and State Treasurer, (1) from in anywise disposing of all the unsold bonds directed by acts of the General Assembly to be sold for the purpose of erecting a new State capitol building and purchasing additional grounds therefor, and (2) especially enjoining said “Board of Fund Commissioners,” constituted aforesaid, from entering into a contract with Francis Brothers & Company,…
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