State ex inf. Barker v. Duncan
Supreme Court of Missouri
Quo Warranto. (1) Section 11745 to the semicolon in the seventh line is not in contravention of any constitutional provision, and is not rendered invalid by the fact that the remainder of the section is unconstitutional and void. A part of a section may be constitutional and valid, while the remainder may be unconstitutional and void.
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Quo Warranto. (1) Section 11745 to the semicolon in the seventh line is not in contravention of any constitutional provision, and is not rendered invalid by the fact that the remainder of the section is unconstitutional and void. A part of a section may be constitutional and valid, while the remainder may be unconstitutional and void. State ex inf. v. Washburn,- 167 Mo. 697; State ex rel. v. Wright, 251 Mo. 336; State ex rel. v. Gordon, 236 Mo. 171; State ex rel. v. Taylor, 224 Mo. 474; Ensworth v. Kurd, 68 Mo. 282; State ex rel. v. Warner, 197 Mo. 656; Simpson v. Iron Works, 155 S. W. 810;…
1Opinion of the CourtFaris, J.
This is an original proceeding by information in the nature of quo warranto, brought by the Attorney-General, for the purpose of determining the rights of the respondents to the several offices of collector of the revenue of Butler county and of collectors of the several townships in said county.
The matter is before us on the pleadings; such issues having been made up thereby as concede the facts upon which the ease turns. Briefly stated these- facts are as follows: At the general election held in Butler county in November, 1912, that county adopted the provisions of the statute relating to…
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