Corrigan v. Morris
Missouri Court of Appeals
■Appeal from the Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. Turner A. GriLL, Judge. (1) Suits on such special tax bills must be brought before a justice of the peace in Kansas City. Amended Charter, 1875, sec. 4, p. 60 ; Acts, 1875, p.253 ; Karnes v. Alexander, 92 Mo. 671. (2) And, if the jurisdiction of the justice of the peace does not affirmatively appear upon the face of the proceedings, the judgment and all acts thereunder are void. State v. St. Louis, 1 Mo.
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■Appeal from the Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. Turner A. GriLL, Judge. (1) Suits on such special tax bills must be brought before a justice of the peace in Kansas City. Amended Charter, 1875, sec. 4, p. 60 ; Acts, 1875, p.253 ; Karnes v. Alexander, 92 Mo. 671. (2) And, if the jurisdiction of the justice of the peace does not affirmatively appear upon the face of the proceedings, the judgment and all acts thereunder are void. State v. St. Louis, 1 Mo. App. 503; Cunningham v. Railroad, 61 Mo. 33 ; Laggard v. Railroad, 63 Mo. 302 ; Barrett v. Railroad, 68 Mo. 65 ; Williams v. Browning, 45 Mo.…
1Opinion of the CourtEllison, J.
This case arises on a motion to quash an execution issued on a judgment rendered on a special tax bill by a justice of. the peace in Kaw township, Jackson county, Missouri. A transcript of the judgment was filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court for Jackson county and said clerk issued the execution in question. The motion to quash was made before the circuit court and overruled. Defendants appeal.
The principal point in the motion is based on the ground that the proceedings before the justice of the peace failed to show that such justice was a justice of *460the peace in Kansas…
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