State ex rel. Crawford County R-II School District v. Bouse

Plaintiff school district sued 11 defendants (the county collector of revenue and his sureties) to recover its proportionate share of $4,106.70 in protested taxes paid by the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company (Frisco). The petition alleged that Frisco had neglected to commence an action in the circuit court against the collector to recover the protested taxes within the time required by § 139.031, V.A.M.S.

Averring he had previously repaid the protested taxes to Frisco as ordered by the county court, defendant collector filed a third-party petition against Frisco to recover all sums he…