Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Mount Mora Cemetery Ass'n v. Casey

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided March 17, 1908PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal from Buchanan Circuit Court. — Hon. Henry M. Barney, Judge. (1) Appellant is not "subject to taxation. Constitution, article 10, section 6; Original charter, sec. 6; Amendment, sec. 2;- Cooley on Taxation (3 Ed,U^63Íiir6linton v. Henry Co., 115 Mo. 557: St eni iqtaex9 ton S90n ^ 7 7 Louis v. Brown, 155 Mo. 545; Colson v. Cemetery Go., 15 S. W. 245; Oakland v. St. Paul, 36 Minn. 529; Stockton ex rel. v. Mayor, 9 Atl. 203. (2) The particular assessment complained of by…

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Appeal from Buchanan Circuit Court. — Hon. Henry M. Barney, Judge. (1) Appellant is not "subject to taxation. Constitution, article 10, section 6; Original charter, sec. 6; Amendment, sec. 2;- Cooley on Taxation (3 Ed,U^63Íiir6linton v. Henry Co., 115 Mo. 557: St eni iqtaex9 ton S90n ^ 7 7 Louis v. Brown, 155 Mo. 545; Colson v. Cemetery Go., 15 S. W. 245; Oakland v. St. Paul, 36 Minn. 529; Stockton ex rel. v. Mayor, 9 Atl. 203. (2) The particular assessment complained of by relator in these proceedings is void for want of compliance with’ the law regulating the assessment of personal property…

1Opinion of the Court

BURGESS, J. —

The relator applied to the circuit court of Buchanan county for a writ of certiorari to bring before that court the record of an assessment of personal property against the relator, for the year 1904, made by defendant, George E. Casey, assessor of the city of St. Joseph.

In its application relator set forth its incorporation under an act of the Legislature, passed in 1851, and an act amendatory thereof, passed in 1871. It alleged that under the act of incorporation and the Constitution of this State its property was exempt from taxation, that the assessment complained of had been…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Weaver v. DevendorfNew York Supreme Court · 1846
  2. Barhyte v. . ShepherdNew York Court of Appeals · 1866
  3. Western R.R. Co. v. . NolanNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
  4. Fitterer v. CrawfordSupreme Court of Missouri · 1900
  5. Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad v. State Board of EqualizationSupreme Court of Missouri · 1876

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  1. In Re: Hillcrest Memorial GardensWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1961
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  4. State Ex Rel. St. Louis Union Trust Co. v. NeafSupreme Court of Missouri · 1940
  5. State Bd. of Medical Examiners v. WeinerNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1961

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