Doddridge v. Patterson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Stoddard Circuit Court. — Eon. J. L. Fort, Judge. (1) The county court of 1891 could not have made an order for the sale of this land until a petition of householders had been filed as required by Sec. 8161, R. S. 1899. McDonald v. Mangold, 61 Mo.
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Appeal from Stoddard Circuit Court. — Eon. J. L. Fort, Judge. (1) The county court of 1891 could not have made an order for the sale of this land until a petition of householders had been filed as required by Sec. 8161, R. S. 1899. McDonald v. Mangold, 61 Mo. App. 293; Eaton v. St. Charles County, 76 Mo. 492. (2) The county court, in making the order for the sale, was, exercising special statutory jurisdiction, and not proceeding according to the course of the common law; consequently, its jurisdiction to make this order must affirmatively appear on the face of its record. State v. Metzger,…
1Opinion of the CourtWoodson, J.
The relator filed his petition in the circuit court of Stoddard county, asking for an alternative writ of mandamus against the members of the county court of that county, to compel them to make out and forward to the Secretary of State an abstract showing that the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter, the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter, and the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 16, township 27, range 12, of the school land of said county, had been sold in the year 1891 to one O. C. Prisbee.
The alternative writ issued, and, upon the filing of the return of…
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