State ex rel. Wilson v. Rainey
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Greene Circuit Court. — Hon. W. E. Geiser, Judge. The bonds and coupons on wMeh Davis obtained judgment were void. State ex rel. v. Garroutte, 67 Mo. 445} State ex rel. v. Dallas Co., 71 Mo. 329. The judgment is void for want of jurisdiction in the Federal court. Baker v. Johnson, 41 Me. 15, 24; Weil v. Greene Co., 69 Mo. 281; Beers v. Uaughton, 9 Pet. 329. Greene county can only be sued in the circuit court of Greene county. Wag.
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Appeal from Greene Circuit Court. — Hon. W. E. Geiser, Judge. The bonds and coupons on wMeh Davis obtained judgment were void. State ex rel. v. Garroutte, 67 Mo. 445} State ex rel. v. Dallas Co., 71 Mo. 329. The judgment is void for want of jurisdiction in the Federal court. Baker v. Johnson, 41 Me. 15, 24; Weil v. Greene Co., 69 Mo. 281; Beers v. Uaughton, 9 Pet. 329. Greene county can only be sued in the circuit court of Greene county. Wag. Stat., 408, § 4. Davis’ judgment is not in legal effect a judgment against the defendants to this suit. They have bad no opportunity to be heard in…
1Opinion of the CourtNorton, J.
Wendell T. Davis, a citizen of Massachusetts, obtained judgment by default against Greene county, in the circuit court of the United States for the western district of Missouri, in the year 1875, in the sum of $13,382.40, for over-due interest coupons issued by said Greene county in favor of the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad Company to aid in building the Kansas City & Memphis branch of said road. To enforce this judgment the said United States circuit court issued a mandamus to the county court of Greene county, in obedience to which the said county court duly levied a tax of twenty cents…
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