State ex rel. Morgan v. Hemenway
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Howard Circuit Court. — Hon. A. E. Waller, Judge. (1) Section 3 of the amendment to the charter in question exempting said land from taxation was made null and void by the Constitution of 1875, being in direct conflict with sections 6. and 7 of article 10 of said Constitution.
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Appeal from Howard Circuit Court. — Hon. A. E. Waller, Judge. (1) Section 3 of the amendment to the charter in question exempting said land from taxation was made null and void by the Constitution of 1875, being in direct conflict with sections 6. and 7 of article 10 of said Constitution. Birch v. Plattsburg, 180 Mo. 413; West-port v. Magee, 128 Mo. 152; State ex rel. v. 0 ’Brinen, 89 Mo. 631; Hislop v. Joplin, 250 Mo. 588; Hayward v. People, 145 111. 55; McQuillin on Municipal Corporations, secs. 291, 295. (2) All laws in conflict with the Constitution of 1875, were repealed on its adoption.…
1Opinion of the Court
RAILEY, C.
On January 14, 1916, this action was commenced in the circuit court of Howard County, Missouri, by the State, on behalf of John B. Morgan, as collector of the revenue of Glasgow, a city of the fourth class, against defendant, Ida E. Hemenway, for delinquent taxes of the year 1915, assessed against thirty-eight acres of land, situated in section 9, township 51, range 17, located in said city, and belonging to her. It is conceded that the petition is in the usual form.
The answer admits': The incorporation of Glasgow as a city of the fourth class; that said Morgan is the legally…
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