State ex rel. Gordon v. Hopkins
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Clair Circuit Court. — Hon. Chas. G. Burton, Judge. A forcible and cogent .reason indicating that the legislature intended that courts of record should exercise jurisdiction in back tax suits is found in the repeal of sections 194, 204 and 219, of the revenue act of 1872, and the adoption of section 6837, Revised Statutes, 1879, •which requires the action tobe brought, against the owner of the land.
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Appeal from St. Clair Circuit Court. — Hon. Chas. G. Burton, Judge. A forcible and cogent .reason indicating that the legislature intended that courts of record should exercise jurisdiction in back tax suits is found in the repeal of sections 194, 204 and 219, of the revenue act of 1872, and the adoption of section 6837, Revised Statutes, 1879, •which requires the action tobe brought, against the owner of the land. What could have been the object of this provision, other than,to require the state to so institute its . action that no judgment could be recovered until it made, manifest the fact…
1Opinion of the CourtNouton, J.
This is an action instituted by respondent against appellants, before one J. Wade Gardner, a justice of the peace, for the enforcement of an alleged lien of the state for taxes, alleged to be due for the years 1873, 1874, 1876, 1878, ■ 1879, .and 1881, on lot thirteen. (13), block fifteen (15), town of Appleton City,.St. Clair *522county, Missouri. At the time of the institution of said action, the defendant, John R. Hopkins, resided in Appleton township, in said county, which was not an adjoining township to that- of Osceola, in which Justice Gardner resided, and the defendant,…
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