Fort Osage Drainage Dist. of Jackson County v. Jackson County

CAVE, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff brought this action to collect a maintenance tax for the year 1949 in the sum of $2,000, levied against the benefits to the roads, bridges and culverts in said' district belonging to defendant Jackson County. A trial to the court resulted ■ in a judgment dismissing plaintiff’s petition and it has perfected its appeal to this court.

We have no jurisdiction of the matter. The parties do not raise the question of jurisdiction, but it is our duty to do so. Sec. 3, Art. 5 of the Constitution, V.A.M.S., provides: “The supreme court shall have exclusive appellate…