Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Robinson v. Mayor of Aldermen

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided March 20, 1894PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from the Neivton Circuit Court. — Hon. J. C. Lamson, Judge. It was for the board of aldermen to determine from extrinsic evidence whether or not the petition was signed by the assessed taxpaying citizens of the block, and not from any allegation or showing the petitioner for license might make. State v. Searcy, 39 Mo. App. 400; Biggins v. Brien, 34 Mo. App. 613; Snoddy v. Pettis County, 45 Mo. 361; State v. Macldn, 51 Mo.

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Appeal from the Neivton Circuit Court. — Hon. J. C. Lamson, Judge. It was for the board of aldermen to determine from extrinsic evidence whether or not the petition was signed by the assessed taxpaying citizens of the block, and not from any allegation or showing the petitioner for license might make. State v. Searcy, 39 Mo. App. 400; Biggins v. Brien, 34 Mo. App. 613; Snoddy v. Pettis County, 45 Mo. 361; State v. Macldn, 51 Mo. App. 309; State v. Evans, 83 Mo. 319, 321, 322; State v. Benfrow, 111 Mo. 589. The consideration of the foregoing rales is not modified by the requirement, that all…

1Opinion of the CourtBond, J.

— Relators sued out a writ of certiorari against the appellant to vacate and annul a license, granted by it to one Thomas White as dramshop keeper in the city of Neosho.

The proceedings of the board of mayor and aider-men, returned under the writ of certiorari, disclosed that there was a called session of the board to accept a petition for a dramshop; that an application for license as a dramshop keeper was made by one Thos. White, stating, among other things, the following:

“This applicant would respectfully submit his bond with securities, together with a petition of a majority of the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad v. State Board of EqualizationSupreme Court of Missouri · 1876
  2. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. YoungSupreme Court of Missouri · 1888
  3. Zimmerman v. SnowdenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1885
  4. In re Jefferson County v. CowanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
  5. State ex rel. Reider v. Moniteau County CourtMissouri Court of Appeals · 1891

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Pulliam v. FortMissouri Court of Appeals · 1904
  2. State ex rel. Brennan v. WalbridgeMissouri Court of Appeals · 1895
  3. State ex rel. Laidley v. HigginsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1897
  4. State ex rel. Carman v. RossMissouri Court of Appeals · 1914
  5. State ex rel. Rippee v. ForestMissouri Court of Appeals · 1914

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