Watson Seminary v. County Court
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Pike Circuit Court. — How. Reuben E. Rot; Judge. (1) The act of March 12, 1859, undertaking to repeal that part of the plaintiff’s charter which appropriated to its use the fines, penalties and forfeitures accruing to Pike county, is in violation of those provisions of both the State and Federal Constitutions, which forbid the enactment of any law impairing the obligations of a contract. Sec. 1, art. X, U. S. Constitution; sec. 17, art. XIII, Mo.
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Appeal from Pike Circuit Court. — How. Reuben E. Rot; Judge. (1) The act of March 12, 1859, undertaking to repeal that part of the plaintiff’s charter which appropriated to its use the fines, penalties and forfeitures accruing to Pike county, is in violation of those provisions of both the State and Federal Constitutions, which forbid the enactment of any law impairing the obligations of a contract. Sec. 1, art. X, U. S. Constitution; sec. 17, art. XIII, Mo. Constitution 1820; Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodword, 4 Wheat. 508; Olanters Bank v. Sharp, 6 How. 301; Trustees of Vincennes…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
Plaintiff sought by mandamus to require the county court of Pike county to place all “fines, *61forfeitures and penalties” accruing to said county to the credit of what is known in said county as the Watson fund for the benefit of Watson Seminary.
The circuit court denied the peremptory writ and plaintiff appeals.
The history of the Watson fund “runneth thus:” '
Samuel Watson died in Pike county prior to the year 1836, leaving a last will, which was duly probated February 2, 1836. Samuel Watson made the following bequest in said will:
“And it is further my will and desire that, after the death of…
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