State ex rel. Moody v. Wardell
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Macon Circuit Court. — Hon. Andrew •Ellison, Judge. (1) Under the act of April 11, 1895 (Laws 1895, p. 259), the instructions asked by plaintiff should have been given. The passage of that act ipso facto added to the school district the territory lately annexed to the city. Litson v. Smith, 68 Mo. App. 39L (2) Section 1466, E. S. 1889 is a valid statute. The power to extend is in no way dependent upon the proviso relating to exemption.
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Appeal from Macon Circuit Court. — Hon. Andrew •Ellison, Judge. (1) Under the act of April 11, 1895 (Laws 1895, p. 259), the instructions asked by plaintiff should have been given. The passage of that act ipso facto added to the school district the territory lately annexed to the city. Litson v. Smith, 68 Mo. App. 39L (2) Section 1466, E. S. 1889 is a valid statute. The power to extend is in no way dependent upon the proviso relating to exemption. The exemption also applies to all forty-acre tracts “in such city” and not simply to those in “such extension.” Constitution, art. S, secs. 3, 4;…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
This is a suit by the collector of Macon county to recover of defendant $1,324.38, the amount of a certain tax bill for school taxes alleged to be due and owing to the city of Macon for the year 1895.
The answer is a general denial and that the defendant was not a resident of said city of Macon or of said special school district. It is conceded that prior to 1892, the city of Macon existed under a special charter, passed by the Legislature in 1872.
In 1891 said city surrendered its special charter and organized and became a city of the third class under and pursuant to the general statutes of…
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