Pettis County v. Kingsbury
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to Pettis Circuit Court. The county court of Pettis county, at its August term, 1845, made the following order : “ Ordered, that Henry S. Greer be appointed commissioner to let the building of a bridge at or-near Wasson’s mill; the site of said bridge to be selected by himself, to be built after the same plan of the bridge near Thomson’s mill.
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Error to Pettis Circuit Court. The county court of Pettis county, at its August term, 1845, made the following order : “ Ordered, that Henry S. Greer be appointed commissioner to let the building of a bridge at or-near Wasson’s mill; the site of said bridge to be selected by himself, to be built after the same plan of the bridge near Thomson’s mill. The undertaker to furnish his own materials, and to wait for the pay until the amount is received from the state out of the road and canal fund, but to receive interest at the rate of ten per cent, per annum on the amount from due until paid, and…
1Opinion of the CourtScott, Judge
1. When the road and canal fund was first distributed among the counties of the state, in February, 1833, the several county courts were constituted boards of internal improvements in their respective counties, for the management of it. They were required to appropriate it to the building of bridges, the opening of roads and making canals. The act of 1845, concerning the road and canal fund, which was in force when the contract involved in the present controversy was made, though somewhat variant in its provisions from that originally enacted, yet retains its main features. The seventh…
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