State ex inf. Attorney-General v. Dabbs
Supreme Court of Missouri
Quo Warranto. (1) It was entirely competent for the General Assembly to provide an additional judge for the circuit court of Jasper county, as is done by the act of March 25, 1901. Laws 1901, pp. 120-1. The Constitution expressly confers this power. See. 28, art. 6, Const. (2) The act creating this office is not a special law, and does not come within the inhibition of sections 53 and 54 of article 6 of the Constitution.
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Quo Warranto. (1) It was entirely competent for the General Assembly to provide an additional judge for the circuit court of Jasper county, as is done by the act of March 25, 1901. Laws 1901, pp. 120-1. The Constitution expressly confers this power. See. 28, art. 6, Const. (2) The act creating this office is not a special law, and does not come within the inhibition of sections 53 and 54 of article 6 of the Constitution. State ex rel. v. Taney, 123 Mo. 400; State ex rel. v. Hughes, 104 Mo. 459; State ex rel. v. Field, 119 Mo. 611. (3) The act approved March 25, 1901, providing an additional…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
This is a proceeding by the Attorney-General ex informatione against the defendant to require him to show his authority for holding the office, performing the duties and exercising the functions of judge of the Twenty-fifth Judicial Circuit, composed of Jasper county.
The return pleads that the General Assembly, by an act approved March 25, 1901, provided that the circuit court of Jasper county should thereafter be composed of two judges, each of whom should separately try causes, exercise all the powers and perform the duties imposed upon circuit judges; that the judge of said court then in…
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