Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad v. State Board of Equalization
Supreme Court of Missouri
Certiorari to review Assessment of State Board of Equalization. I. The State senate wa3 the proper board of equalization for 1876, instead of the governor and other State officers under the new Constitution. (Wagn. Stat. 1160, § 9; § 1, Schedule to the new Constitution. Dwar. Stat. 568.) H. The Constitution does not execute itself prqpno vigore. Legislative action is necessary to have that effect.
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Certiorari to review Assessment of State Board of Equalization. I. The State senate wa3 the proper board of equalization for 1876, instead of the governor and other State officers under the new Constitution. (Wagn. Stat. 1160, § 9; § 1, Schedule to the new Constitution. Dwar. Stat. 568.) H. The Constitution does not execute itself prqpno vigore. Legislative action is necessary to have that effect. (St. Jo. & Denver City R. R. Co. vs. Buchanan Co., 39 Mo. 485 ; Groves vs. Slaughter, 15 Pet. 449 ; Cool. Const. Lim., 35, 36, 78, 79; U. S. vs. Bevans, 8 Wheat. 836; Const. Conv., by Jamison, p.…
1Opinion of the CourtHenry, Judge
On the 5th day of December, 1876, the relator filed in this court the following petition for a writ of certiorari to the State Board of Equalization in the above entitled cause, viz : “ Plaintiff, who sues at the relation of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad Company, states that under and by virtue of an act of the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, entitled ‘ An act to' incorporate the Hann. & St. Jo. R. R. Co.,’ approved February 16, 1817, the relator became, and ever since has been and still is a railroad corporation in said State, and as such said relator was authorized to…
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