Board of Commisioners v. Peter
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Buchanan Circuit Conrt. — Eon. William D. Rusk, Judge. (1) The artificial being created by this act is not, strictly speaking, a public or municipal corporation, but is a quasi-public corporation. 20' Am. & Eng. Ency. Law, 1130; 28 Cyc. 128; 1 Dillon, Mun. Corp. (4 Ed.), secs. 22-25. In a number of cases in this State a county has been termed a quasi-public corporation.
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Appeal from Buchanan Circuit Conrt. — Eon. William D. Rusk, Judge. (1) The artificial being created by this act is not, strictly speaking, a public or municipal corporation, but is a quasi-public corporation. 20' Am. & Eng. Ency. Law, 1130; 28 Cyc. 128; 1 Dillon, Mun. Corp. (4 Ed.), secs. 22-25. In a number of cases in this State a county has been termed a quasi-public corporation. Pundman v. St. Charles Co., 110 Mo. 596; Jefferson County v. St. Louis County, 113 Mo. 630 ; Redd v. Howell Co., 125 Mo. 60; State ex rel. v. County Court, 142 Mo. 583. In other cases the distinction referred to…
1Opinion of the CourtLamm, C. J.
Plaintiff appeals from the judgment of the Buchanan Circuit Court in a proceeding to obtain an order from that court directed to the county court of Buchanan county requiring the latter to levy certain taxes theretofore “levied” by the Board of Commissioners of the Tuberculosis Hospital District of Buchanan County, the order being denied.
In 1911 the General Assembly enacted a statute prescribing a method for the creation of public tuberculosis hospital districts, the appointment of boards of commissioners for such districts when organized, and prescribing the duties and powers of such boards—…
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