Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Douglas v. Redman

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided March 30, 1917PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from Dunklin Circuit Court. — Hon. W■ 8. C. Walker, Judge. • (1) The defendant was not entitled to a separate or special notice of the filing of the petition for the increase of the assessments on his lands as made in the county court order of April 29, 1912. Defendant having been made a party in the beginning, he was in court at all times and for all purposes, so far as this district was concerned.

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Appeal from Dunklin Circuit Court. — Hon. W■ 8. C. Walker, Judge. • (1) The defendant was not entitled to a separate or special notice of the filing of the petition for the increase of the assessments on his lands as made in the county court order of April 29, 1912. Defendant having been made a party in the beginning, he was in court at all times and for all purposes, so far as this district was concerned. State ex rel. v. Wilson, 216 Mo. 282; State ex rel. v. Bates, 235 Mo. 287; State ex rel. v. Young, 255 Mo. 635; Barnes v. Construction Co., 257 Mo. 195; Page and Jones, Taxation by…

1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.

— This case reaches us through a certification from the Springfield Court of Appeals, the grounds for such certification being that the record involves constitutional questions as well as a construction of revenue statutes. It is sufficient to say that constitutional questions were duly lodged in the answer. Judge Sturgis for the Springfield Court of Appeals thus states the case:

“This is a suit for delinquent drainage ditch taxes assessed against land owned by defendant. The suit is brought in the name of the State at the relation of the Collector of the Revenue of Dunklin County, Missouri,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State ex rel. McWilliams v. BatesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1911

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Ross v. General American Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1935
  2. State ex rel. Broughton v. OliverSupreme Court of Missouri · 1918
  3. Bates County v. WillsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1920
  4. Drainage Dist. No. 4 of Dunklin County v. MurphyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1941
  5. State Ex Rel. Ass'n for Convalescent Crippled Children v. CorneliSupreme Court of Missouri · 1941

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