State ex rel. Harvey v. Sheehan
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. James E. Withrow, Judge. (1) The city of St. Lonis is a political subdivision of the State and bears relations thereto as a county and performs all the functions of a county; and legislation imposing duties upon the counties of the State, includes the city of St. Louis. R. S. 1909, secs. 3508, 8057; State ex rel. v. Finn, 4 Mo.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. James E. Withrow, Judge. (1) The city of St. Lonis is a political subdivision of the State and bears relations thereto as a county and performs all the functions of a county; and legislation imposing duties upon the counties of the State, includes the city of St. Louis. R. S. 1909, secs. 3508, 8057; State ex rel. v. Finn, 4 Mo. App. 347; Brown v. Marshall, 241 Mo. 707; St. Louis v. Dorr, 145 Mo. 466; State ex rel. v. Rebenack, 135 Mo. 340; Railroad v. Gildersleeve, 165 Mo. App. 379. (2) Each county of the State, including the county of the city…
1Opinion of the CourtRevelle, J.
This proceeding by mandamus originated in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis and seeks process against the city auditor to compel him to audit a certain certified itemized account for services rendered by relator for attending coroners’ inquests, and to issue a warrant for the payment of said account.
The petition recites that appellant has since the first day of January, 1913, been circuit attorney of the city of' St. Louis; that the city of St. Louis has more than 500,000 inhabitants; that the forty-seventh General Assembly of the State of Missouri enacted a law requiring the circuit…
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