Morrow v. Pike County
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Pike Circuit Court. — Row. David R. Ely, Judge. (1) The contract sued on was invalid for the following reasons: 1st. The record of the county court relating to said contract was not broad enough and did not contain the terms of the contract. A contract made with the county court must be proved by the record alone, and the record itself must contain all the terms of the contract, or the contract must be incorporated in the record.
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Appeal from Pike Circuit Court. — Row. David R. Ely, Judge. (1) The contract sued on was invalid for the following reasons: 1st. The record of the county court relating to said contract was not broad enough and did not contain the terms of the contract. A contract made with the county court must be proved by the record alone, and the record itself must contain all the terms of the contract, or the contract must be incorporated in the record. Johnson Co. v. Wood, 84 Mo. 489; Kane & Co. v. Sch. Dist. of Calhoun, 48 Mo. App. 408; R. S. 1899; sec. 6759. 2nd. The record entry of the county court…
1Opinion of the CourtLamm, J.
To the notable and marking' embellishments gracing Pike county in history and tradition, in story as well as song, there was added a spice of uniqueness in a gift by the General Assembly of Missouri, by an act approved January 25, 1847, in favor of Watson Seminary, there situate, in the form of fines then in the treasury of the county and of all moneys thereafter accruing to said county by way of fines, penalties or forfeitures, the principal to be kept intact as a permanent fund, and the accretions of interest to be used for the current purposes of said seminary, all un*615der the supervision of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Moore v. Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1884
- Watson Seminary v. County CourtSupreme Court of Missouri · 1899
- Township Board of Education v. BoydSupreme Court of Missouri · 1874
- Reynolds v. Clark CountySupreme Court of Missouri · 1901
- Riley v. Pettis CountySupreme Court of Missouri · 1888
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- City Water Co. v. City of ChillicotheDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1912