Wood v. Kansas City
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. Jno. W. Henry, Judge. (1) Tbe plaintiff, at the time he accepted employment from the city was presumed, as a matter of law, to know of the existence of the ordinance introduced in evidence, which provided that his salary as clerk should be in full compensation for the services which he might render to the city as notary public. With this knowledge he entered into the employment of the city.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. Jno. W. Henry, Judge. (1) Tbe plaintiff, at the time he accepted employment from the city was presumed, as a matter of law, to know of the existence of the ordinance introduced in evidence, which provided that his salary as clerk should be in full compensation for the services which he might render to the city as notary public. With this knowledge he entered into the employment of the city. Nowhere in his pleadings, or otherwise, does he offer to return to the city the salary which he has earned under these circumstances. St. Louis v. Davidson, 102…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
On the nineteenth day of April, 1892, plaintiff was employed by defendant city as an extra clerk in the office of the treasurer of the city, for which he received three *307dollars per day. He continued in the service of the city until February, 1893, during which time he drew his salary regularly every month. During that time a great many city lots were sold for delinquent taxes for which certificates of purchase and deeds had to be made, and acknowledgments thereto taken, which necessitated having a notary public in the treasurer’s office for that purpose. Therefore, in order to provide for…
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- State ex rel. Sheffel v. McCammonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1905
- Wier v. Kansas CitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1947
- Hethcock v. Crawford CountySupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
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