Rubey v. Shain
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Macon Oireuit Gourt. I. The stock having been voted for by the requisite number of resident tax-payers of said Hudson Township, they knowing the objects and purposes of the road, and the bonds having been issued to said road, for the payment of said stock by the Oonnty Court, the authorized agents of said township for that purpose ; and it not appearing but that these bonds have got into the hands of innocent purchasers, it would be imposing a hardship on those…
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Appeal from Macon Oireuit Gourt. I. The stock having been voted for by the requisite number of resident tax-payers of said Hudson Township, they knowing the objects and purposes of the road, and the bonds having been issued to said road, for the payment of said stock by the Oonnty Court, the authorized agents of said township for that purpose ; and it not appearing but that these bonds have got into the hands of innocent purchasers, it would be imposing a hardship on those purchasers, that the law does not sanction, if this action be sustained. (Knox County vs. Aspinwall, 21 How., 539; Elagg…
1Opinion of the CourtNapton, Judge
This was a suit against the collector of Macon County and his sureties to recover back a tax of fifty dollars paid by *208plaintiff on an assessment against his property levied by the County Court, to pay a subscription or interest on a subscription to the St. Louis, Macon & Omaha Air Line R. R. Co. The facts in the case, about which there was no controversy, are these: On the 16th day of December 1868, articles of association, proposing to build a road about ninety miles in length, were signed by eight persons, each subscribing two hundred dollars, forming what was called the St. Louis, Macon &…
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