Orrick School District v. Dorton
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Ray Circuit Court. — :Hon. E. J. Broaddus, Judge. (1) Before plaintiff can maintain this action it must appear from the evidence that plaintiff was legally organized as a special school district.
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Appeal from Ray Circuit Court. — :Hon. E. J. Broaddus, Judge. (1) Before plaintiff can maintain this action it must appear from the evidence that plaintiff was legally organized as a special school district. City of FLoplci/ns v. Railway Co., 79 Mo. 98; State v. Hays, 78 Mo. 600; Robinson v. Jones, 71 Mo. 582; State v. Cleveland, 80 Mo. 108; Hambleton v. Town of Dexter, 89 Mo. 189; Railroad v. Shambaugh, 106 Mo. 557; Wagner’s Statutes, p. 1262, art. 2, secs. 1, 2, 3 and 4. (2) Proof that plaintiff has been acting since 1871 or 1872, as a special school district is not sufficient to confer…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
This is a proceeding by plaintiff claiming to have been organized as a corporation under *442the school law applicable to cities, towns and villages to condemn for a new schoolhouse site under section 8001, Revised Statutes, 1889, a strip of ground belonging to defendant, two hundred and ten feet wide by four hundred and twenty feet deep, outside of the corporate limits of the town of Orrick, and outside of the platted portion thereof, but adjoining thereto.
Upon filing the petition with the judge of the circuit court of that county, Ray, defendant filed an affidavit putting in issue the existence…
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