State ex rel. Ridge v. Smith
Supreme Court of Missouri
Mandamus. (1) That the case involved the construction of section 16, article IX, of the Constitution of Missouri, and that the question was fairly and directly raised by these relators on the record, can not be denied.
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Mandamus. (1) That the case involved the construction of section 16, article IX, of the Constitution of Missouri, and that the question was fairly and directly raised by these relators on the record, can not be denied. (a) The defendants specifically alleged in their answer that the tax bill was void, because the charter amendments of February 27, 1892, were unconstitutional and void for the reason that ordinance number 3884 was not legally passed as provided by the charter, (b) Defendants duly objected to evidence offered by plaintiff to show the filing of notice of the suit with the city…
1Opinion of the Court
BURG-ESS, I.
This is -an original proceeding by mandamus begun in this court by relators against the respondent judges of the Kansas City Court of Appeals, to compel them as such court to transfer a cause therein pending on appeal, entitled the Dollar Savings Bank v. Thomas S. Ridge et al., to the Supreme Court, upon the ground of the want of jurisdiction in the Kansas City Court of Appeals to hear and dispose of th§ same, and the exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of said cause, there being involved a constitutional question.
To the alternative writ of mandamus issued against…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Lord v. VeazieSupreme Court of the United States · 1850
- Rice v. RuddimanMichigan Supreme Court · 1862
- Singer Manufacturing Co. v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Happel v. BrethauerIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
- Ash v. City of IndependenceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1898
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Wright v. Quattrochi.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1932
- Dollar Savings Bank v. RidgeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1904
- State ex rel. Hawes v. WithrowSupreme Court of Missouri · 1900