State ex rel. Board of Managers of the Reform School v. County Court
Supreme Court of Missouri
Mandamus. (1) The act of the General Assembly of Missouri under consideration is general, and is not local or special legislation, and, therefore, not within the inhibition of section 53, article 4, of the constitution of Missouri, declaring that “the General Assembly shall not pass any local or special law regulating the affairs of counties or cities — incorporating cities, towns or villages — or changig their charters, or creating corporations, or amending, reviewing,…
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Mandamus. (1) The act of the General Assembly of Missouri under consideration is general, and is not local or special legislation, and, therefore, not within the inhibition of section 53, article 4, of the constitution of Missouri, declaring that “the General Assembly shall not pass any local or special law regulating the affairs of counties or cities — incorporating cities, towns or villages — or changig their charters, or creating corporations, or amending, reviewing, extending, or explaining the charters thereof.” Rutherford v. Heddens, 82 Mo. 388 ; State ex rel. Lionberger v. Tolle, 71…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.
This is an original proceeding in this court, its object being to compel by mandamus the performance by the justices of the county court of Jackson ■county of certain duties enjoined upon them by the provisions of an act, approved April 10, 1885. On the part of the respondents it is insisted that the act in question is unconstitutional. The first section of that act is ■ as follows: “ Section 1. That in all counties in this state in which is located a city of over fifty thousand inhabitants, there shall be and there is hereby established a reform •school for the punishment, reform and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State ex rel. Harris v. HerrmannSupreme Court of Missouri · 1882
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