State ex rel. Public Schools of Stoddard County v. Crumb
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Stoddard Circuit Court. — Hon. Jno. G. Wear, Judge. (1) The swamp lands donated by the United States to the State of Missouri under the acts of September 28, 1850, and donated to the several counties by an act of the Legislature, March 27, 1868, are held for school purposes only, and are exempt for ordinary liability for county indebtedness. State ex rel.
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Appeal from Stoddard Circuit Court. — Hon. Jno. G. Wear, Judge. (1) The swamp lands donated by the United States to the State of Missouri under the acts of September 28, 1850, and donated to the several counties by an act of the Legislature, March 27, 1868, are held for school purposes only, and are exempt for ordinary liability for county indebtedness. State ex rel. Bobbins, 51 Mo. 85; Sturgeon v. Hampton, 88 Mo. 211; Eailroad v. Hatton, 102 Mo. 55; Dunklin Co. v. Chouteau, 120 Mo. 594; Eailroad v. "Wayne Co., 125 Mo. 356; Hoke v. Chitwood, 127 Mo. 377; Stone v. Perkins, 85 Eed. Eep. 616;…
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
This is a proceeding in equity to-remove a cloud upon the title to eighty thousand, one hundred and seventy-two acres of land in Stoddard county, being a part of the land granted to the State of Missouri by the-United States, by the Act of Congress of September 28, 1850, relating to swamp and overflowed land, and thereafter-by various acts of the General Assembly of Missouri conveyed by the State to Stoddard county, to be held by it for reclamation, .drainage and sale, and the net-proceeds to go to* the public school fund of the county.
*551Tbe controversy arises in this wise: On the 13th of…
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