State ex inf. Conkling v. Sweaney
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. William O. Thomas, Judge. (1) The division of the School District of Dallas as shown hy the record herein, was authorized by law. RS. 1909, secs. .10837, 10839, 10840, and 10881; School District No. 1 v. School District No. 4, 94 Mo. 620. (2) In construing statutes “words and phrases shall be taken in their plain or ordinary and usual sense,” and “if possible, some meaning must'be given every word in an act.”
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Error to Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. William O. Thomas, Judge. (1) The division of the School District of Dallas as shown hy the record herein, was authorized by law. RS. 1909, secs. .10837, 10839, 10840, and 10881; School District No. 1 v. School District No. 4, 94 Mo. 620. (2) In construing statutes “words and phrases shall be taken in their plain or ordinary and usual sense,” and “if possible, some meaning must'be given every word in an act.” R. S. 1909, Sec. 8057; Collier Estate v. Paving & Supply Co., 180 Mo. 379; St. Louis v. Lane, 110 Mo. 258. (3) “Where a court of last resort…
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
— -This is a proceeding by quo warranto instituted in the circuit court of Jackson County, by the then prosecuting attorney of said county, at the relation of the directors of the School District of Dallas, *687situated in said county, against the therein named defendants, whereby it is sought to oust the defendants from acting as school directors over territory which it is claimed by relators is embraced within the School District of Dallas. The circuit court entered judgment in favor of the relators and issued a writ of ouster against the defendants'. Thereafter and in due time the defendants…
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