State ex rel. Jordon v. Haynes
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal fromVernon Circuit Court. — Hon. Jko. D. Parkinson., Judge. This was a proceeding by mandamus to compel respondent, Haynes, who was trustee and ex-officio treasurer of Walker township, Yernon county, to pay relator the amount of a certain warrant issued by the board of directors of said township.
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Appeal fromVernon Circuit Court. — Hon. Jko. D. Parkinson., Judge. This was a proceeding by mandamus to compel respondent, Haynes, who was trustee and ex-officio treasurer of Walker township, Yernon county, to pay relator the amount of a certain warrant issued by the board of directors of said township. The alternative writ recited in substance that the township having no house or place where the citizens could assemble or the officers meet to transact business, the hoard of directors, in pursuance of orders or resolutions duly entered on its records, had purchased a site and erected thereon…
1Opinion of the Court
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Sherwood, C. J.
If the board of directors of Walker township had the legal authority to issue the warrant, then the trustee of the township, being but the ministerial officer thereof, would be bound, having funds in his hands raised for that express purpose, to pay the warrant thus, drawn. State v. Callaway Co., 43 Mo. 228. Section 8, article 9, page 106, Acts 1873, expressly authorizes such board to draw an order (or warrant) on the trustee for the amount allowed by them.
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Was the building of the township hall on real estate purchased for that purpose, one of the corporate powers conferred…
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