State ex rel. Grether v. Maguire
Supreme Court of Missouri
Jlfjpeal from. St. Louis Circuit Court. I. No county tax had been imposed on licenses at the time when relator demanded his, and offered to perform all the conditions which the law at that time prescribed for obtaining the same; bis right accrued on the day of his demand, and could not be affected by any subsequent order of the County Court imposing new conditions.
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Jlfjpeal from. St. Louis Circuit Court. I. No county tax had been imposed on licenses at the time when relator demanded his, and offered to perform all the conditions which the law at that time prescribed for obtaining the same; bis right accrued on the day of his demand, and could not be affected by any subsequent order of the County Court imposing new conditions. The relator having tendered and offered to comply with all the conditions prescribed by §§ 8, 9 and 11 on p. 207, 1 W. 8., Ed. of 1870, the respondent was bound to grant him a license. (W. S., 207, § 7.) II. The order made by the…
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, Judge
The defendant was collector of St. Louis County, and the relator applied to him as such for an auctioneer’s license on the 19th of April, 1871. The defendant refused to issue the license unless the relator would pay a County tax to bo levied on the license, — the tax had not been levied by the County Court at that time — but the County Court on the next day April 20th, 1871, levied a county tax on all licenses, including auctioneers’. The relator without further application, on the 21st of April, had an alternative mandamus issued and served on the relator.
The defendant made return of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State ex rel. Meyers v. SpencerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1872
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