State ex rel. Parsons v. Winkleman
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Clark Circuit Court. — Now. Edwin R. McKee, Judge. (1) Section 19 of the charter of defendant company -declares that the act incorporating it shall be deemed a public act and shall be liberally construed and shall take effect from and after its passage.
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Appeal from Clark Circuit Court. — Now. Edwin R. McKee, Judge. (1) Section 19 of the charter of defendant company -declares that the act incorporating it shall be deemed a public act and shall be liberally construed and shall take effect from and after its passage. Session Acts 1855, page 73-77. (2) The tax or assessment of so much per acre where the money is expended locally for the benefit of the land taxed, has been held not to be unconstitutional, in construing the charter of this company and levee laws of the State. Egyptian Levee Co. v. Hardin, 27 Mo. 495; Morrison v. Morey,. 146 Mo.…
1Opinion of the CourtGoode, J.
By an act passed February 27, 1855, the Egyptian Levee Company was incorporated for the purpose of reclaiming and protecting from overflow about eleven thousand acres of' land in Clark county lying between the Des Moines and Fox rivers and near the Mississippi (Sess. Acts 1855, p. 73; Local Laws and Private Acts 1855, p. 281). Said company was authorized to exercise the power of eminent domain and to make and repair levees, ditches and embankments to prevent the inundation of lands within the levee district, to levy taxes to a fixed limit to pay for the construction of such protective…
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- Book v. EarlSupreme Court of Missouri · 1885
- Barnard & Co. v. Knox CountySupreme Court of Missouri · 1891
- Winkelmann v. Moredock & Ivy Landing Drainage DistrictIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
- Sheridan v. FlemingSupreme Court of Missouri · 1887
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