Perryman v. Bethune
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to Mississippi Circuit Court. — Hon. J. D. Foster, Judge. (1) The territory proposed .to be organized liad •already been organized under acts of February 27, 1851, and December 18, 1863 (Laws 1851, p. 19 ; Laws 1863, p. 213), as ‘‘ Wolf Island Educational Society,” and could not be organized under Revised Statutes, section 7022, which provides for tbe organization of unorganized territory.
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Error to Mississippi Circuit Court. — Hon. J. D. Foster, Judge. (1) The territory proposed .to be organized liad •already been organized under acts of February 27, 1851, and December 18, 1863 (Laws 1851, p. 19 ; Laws 1863, p. 213), as ‘‘ Wolf Island Educational Society,” and could not be organized under Revised Statutes, section 7022, which provides for tbe organization of unorganized territory. (2) Tbe notices stated tbe object of the meeting was to organize a school district in range sixteen, and were of no validity. Tbe court erred in ordering said county clerk to extend tbe tax for any…
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.
Plaintiff brought this suit for himself and- all other persons similarly situated to restrain the defendant, ‘ the county clerk of Mississippi county, from extending a school tax of sixty-five cents on the-one hundred dollars valuation upon property situate in what is claimed to be district No. 1, township 24, range 17, in that county. The court adjudged the tax to be bad in part and good in part, directed the clerk to extend the tax at the rate of forty c.ents and enjoined the-excess. Prom this decree the plaintiff appealed.
1. Section 7022, Revised Statutes, contemplates the-creation of…
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