Little River Drainage District v. Tomlinson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Butler Circuit Court. — 'Hon. J. C. Sheppard,' Judge. (1) The General Assembly of this State has the inherent right to incorporate drainage districts directly. It also has the power to delegate to the circuit, courts of this State, as its agent, the right to incorporate such districts.
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Appeal from Butler Circuit Court. — 'Hon. J. C. Sheppard,' Judge. (1) The General Assembly of this State has the inherent right to incorporate drainage districts directly. It also has the power to delegate to the circuit, courts of this State, as its agent, the right to incorporate such districts. It has the right to designate what' particular courts in the State should be possessed with, the power and jurisdiction of incorporating drainage-districts, and how long 'such courts should retain jurisdiction over the corporations thus created. St. Louis v. Russell, 9 Mo. 507; St. Louis v. Allen,…
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
— The facts of this case are few and undisputed, and are correctly stated by counsel for the appellants in the- following language:
“This is a proceeding for the enlargement of the territorial limits of the Little River Drainage District, under See. 5500, R. S. 1909.
“The petition or articles of association, praying for the incorporation of the Little River Drainage District, -were first filed in September, 1905-, in the •office of the clerk of the circuit court of New Madrid county, that county having a larger area of wet and overflowed lands situated within its limits than any other county in…
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