State ex rel. Davisson v. Bolte
Supreme Court of Missouri
Mandamus. (1) Tbe conference report having been adopted carried tbe bill with it. If it was necessary to submit to tbe Senate tbe original bill after tbe adoption of tbe conference report for passáge, then said bill was .subject to amendment as any other bill. (2) This is a mere ministerial act demanded of these respondents and they can not escape tbe performance of a plain duty by withholding action until that body has adjourned.
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Mandamus. (1) Tbe conference report having been adopted carried tbe bill with it. If it was necessary to submit to tbe Senate tbe original bill after tbe adoption of tbe conference report for passáge, then said bill was .subject to amendment as any other bill. (2) This is a mere ministerial act demanded of these respondents and they can not escape tbe performance of a plain duty by withholding action until that body has adjourned. State ex rel. v. Meier, 143 Mo. 439. If this be not true, then it puts it in tbe power of tbe presiding officer of tbe two bodies, or either of them, to defeat…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
This is a proceeding by mandamus begun in this court on the information of a private citizen to compel the presiding officer of the Senate and its secretary, and the speaker of the House of Representatives and its chief clerk, of the Fortieth General Assembly to perform an official *368act which it is alleged is required of them by the Constitution of the State.
The alternative writ was issued on the twentieth day of May, 1899, and is as follows: “Whereas, it has been represented to our honorable Supreme Court by petition of S. P. Davisson, that on the 8th day of November, 1898, he was over the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- State ex rel. Attorney General v. MeadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1879
- Ex parte PickettSupreme Court of Alabama · 1854
- State ex rel. North & South Railway Co. v. MeierSupreme Court of Missouri · 1898
- Ex parte EcholsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1866
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- Kavanaugh v. Chandler, Lieut. GovernorCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1934
- Albright v. FisherSupreme Court of Missouri · 1901
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