State ex rel. Davidson v. Missouri State Life Insurance

This is a suit for tbe collection of a preliminary uniform tax levied by tbe County Court of Dunklin County against lands of defendant, described in plaintiff’s petition (and other lands) lying in Drainage District No. 41, Dunklin county. Tbe ease.was decided below against defendant on a demurrer to plaintiff’s petition and is here on appeal from tbe judgment overruling defendant’s said *40demurrer. It therefore becomes necessary to set out the petition which, caption omitted, reads, in part, as follows:

“The State of Missouri, who sues in this behalf, at the relation and to the use of A. L.…