Sparks v. Purdy
Supreme Court of Missouri
ERROR to St. Louis Circuit Court. 1. The County Court of St. Louis county is not a court within the legal, signification of that term, or if a court, is one of special and limited jurisdiction, and for any act done, ordered or directed beyond its jurisdiction, the justices ordering or directing it are responsible.
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ERROR to St. Louis Circuit Court. 1. The County Court of St. Louis county is not a court within the legal, signification of that term, or if a court, is one of special and limited jurisdiction, and for any act done, ordered or directed beyond its jurisdiction, the justices ordering or directing it are responsible. See 2nd and 3rd instructions given, and 2nd refused. 1st. The St. Louis County Court is not a place where “justice is judicially administered;” and this is the definition of a court which we find in the books. They are mere trustees or directors of a corporation. The only judicial…
1Opinion of the CourtScott, J.
This was an action of trover brought in the Circuit Court of St. Louis county by Sparks against Purdy and others, Justices of the County Court of said county, for removing property belonging to Spaiks, from a room in the court-house of that county.
Sparks was collector of St. Louis county for several years, and whilst holding that office, he occupied a room of the court-house, at the request of one of the jndges, who used the same in the discharge of some official duties, and with a knowledge on the part of all the judges, without objection. The court replaced Sparks as collector, and on the…
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