Town of Montevallo v. Village School District
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to Yernon Circuit Conrt. — Hon. B. O. Thurman, Judge. (1) A city or town may control and regulate tbe use of ground dedicated to tbe public, but it cannot sell tbe land or devote it to private use, and thereby destroy tbe trust created for tbe benefit of tbe public.
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Error to Yernon Circuit Conrt. — Hon. B. O. Thurman, Judge. (1) A city or town may control and regulate tbe use of ground dedicated to tbe public, but it cannot sell tbe land or devote it to private use, and thereby destroy tbe trust created for tbe benefit of tbe public. Cummings v. St. Louis, 90 Mo. 259; Board of Regents v. Painter, 102 Mo. 464; G. S. 1865, chap. 44, sec. 8; R. S. 1909, sec. 10294. Nor is the establishment of a public school therein a compliance with the purpose of the dedicator. Board of Regents v. Painter, 102 Mo. 464. (2) The act of the town board of the plaintiff on…
1Opinion of the CourtRevelle, J.
— This is an action brought in the circuit court of Vernon County upon section 2535, Revised Statutes 1909, to determine the title and interest of the respective parties to and in a tract of land in the town of Montevallo in said county. The respective claims are as follows: On December 1, 1866, one Samuel Manatt laid off a town in Vernon County which was named in the plat the Town of Montevallo, which seems to be in all respects in conformity with the provisions of the . statutes on that subject. [G. S. 1865, pp. 247-248.] A block three hundred feet square near the middle of the plat is…
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