State ex rel. Greene County v. Gideon
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Greene Circuit Court. — Eon. Guy D. Kirby, Judge. (1) Of the two conflicting provisions of tire Act of 1917, tie one which provides for the payment to county of the fixed sum of $400 is the law, because, first, it is the last in order. Second, it was put-into the act as an amendment after the introduction of the hill. State ex rel. v. Gideon, 273 Mo. 79. Third. The condition of the existing law should he considered in construing new statutes.
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Appeal from Greene Circuit Court. — Eon. Guy D. Kirby, Judge. (1) Of the two conflicting provisions of tire Act of 1917, tie one which provides for the payment to county of the fixed sum of $400 is the law, because, first, it is the last in order. Second, it was put-into the act as an amendment after the introduction of the hill. State ex rel. v. Gideon, 273 Mo. 79. Third. The condition of the existing law should he considered in construing new statutes. Under the prior law (Laws 1915, p. 345), the State and county received nothing from dramshop licenses in Springfield, and the obvious…
1Opinion of the Court
PARÍS, J.
The County of Greene, as relator, brought this action by mandamus' in the Circuit Court of- Greene County against the respondents herein, who constitute the mayor and the commissioners, respectively,. of the city of Springfield, said city being under a commission form of government. Upon a trial nisi plaintiff lost, and after the .conventional procedure has appealed.
The facts of the case are few and simple. In 1917 the Legislature amended a certain section of the’ chapter of the Revised Statutes of Missouri which governs cities of the second class, in such wise, it is averred and…
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- State ex rel. City of Chillicothe v. GordonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1911
- State ex rel. Greene County v. GideonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1917
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