Sheidley v. Lynch
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from, Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. J. IT. Slover, Judge. (1) Tbe county court may lawfully and rightfully do whatever is necessary to carry out and execute the trusts reposed in it. Railroad n. Marion Co., 36 Mo. 303; Walker r. Linn Co., 72 Mo. 653; Linnmlle v. BoTianan, 60 Mo. 554; Boggs v. Co., 28 Mo. 586; Gammon v. Co., 79 Mo. 223. (2) The county court has the authority to acquire land for the use of the county.
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Appeal from, Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. J. IT. Slover, Judge. (1) Tbe county court may lawfully and rightfully do whatever is necessary to carry out and execute the trusts reposed in it. Railroad n. Marion Co., 36 Mo. 303; Walker r. Linn Co., 72 Mo. 653; Linnmlle v. BoTianan, 60 Mo. 554; Boggs v. Co., 28 Mo. 586; Gammon v. Co., 79 Mo. 223. (2) The county court has the authority to acquire land for the use of the county. R. S., sec. 1199. (3) The act of March 14, 1885, gave the county court authority to erect a courthouse in Kansas City, and this necessarily carried with it the further…
1Opinion of the CourtNorton, C. J.
Stripping the record in this case of Its verbiage and redundancy, it discloses the following facts, viz : That the county court of Jackson county, at Its May term, 1886, by an order duly made, submitted to the qualified voters of said county, at an election thereafter to be held, a proposition to issue the bonds of the county to the amount of five hundred thousand •dollars for the purpose of building a courthouse in the City of Kansas ; that said election was held and a majority of the voters were in favor of said proposition, and afterwards said county court, by its order duly •entered of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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