St. Joseph & Denver City Railroad v. Buchanan County Court
Supreme Court of Missouri
Petition for Mandamus. The counsel for petitioner refers to the following authorities 27 Mo. 225 ; 28 Mo. 259; 30 Mo. Ill ; 41 Me. 15 ; 83 Mo. 440; 18 B. Mon. 848; 22 Barb. 404; 2 Gray, 370; 11 B. Mon. 154; 12 Mo. 166; ’2 Kan. 455; 23 Mo. 517; Redf. on Railw. 535. I. The power desired to be forced upon the County Court of Buchanan county, Mo., to exercise by the subscription of capital stock in the St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad' Company of the State of Kansas to…
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Petition for Mandamus. The counsel for petitioner refers to the following authorities 27 Mo. 225 ; 28 Mo. 259; 30 Mo. Ill ; 41 Me. 15 ; 83 Mo. 440; 18 B. Mon. 848; 22 Barb. 404; 2 Gray, 370; 11 B. Mon. 154; 12 Mo. 166; ’2 Kan. 455; 23 Mo. 517; Redf. on Railw. 535. I. The power desired to be forced upon the County Court of Buchanan county, Mo., to exercise by the subscription of capital stock in the St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad' Company of the State of Kansas to construct a railroad outside of this State, and compel the citizens of this State to contribute to the fund to enter into said…
1Opinion of the CourtWagner, Judge
This is a petition for a mandamus by the relator, a corporation of the State of Kansas, against the judges of the County Court of Buchanan county to compel them to make a subscription in behalf of the said county to the stock of the said corporation. The petition avers that the relator is a corporation duly incorporated by the State of Kansas for the purpose of building a railroad; that its eastern terminus is at Ellwood, in Kansas, on the Missouri river, opposite the city of St. Joseph, in Buchanan county ; that by an act of the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, entitled “An act to…
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