Legal Opinion · Dissent

Wilson v. King's Lake Drainage & Levee District

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided July 5, 1913Published

Appeal from Lincoln Circuit Court.—Hon. James D. Barnett, Judge.

1Dissent

DISSENTING- OPINION.

REYNOLDS, P-. J.

This is a suit to enforce payment for work done upon a levee by one Wilson, as assignee of the original contractor, appellant’s claim evidenced by warrants issued for part of the work by a body purporting to be the board of commissioners of King’s Lake Drainage & Levee District of Pike and Lincoln counties. The warrants were issued in favor of Wilson and were afterwards assigned to one Perkins. After the institution of this suit, Perkins, the holder of the warrants, died and his administrator, having qualified, was duly, substituted as plaintiff. A demurrer…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Douglass v. County of PikeSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  2. Louisiana v. WoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  3. City of East St. Louis v. East St. Louis Gas Light & Coke Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1881
  4. Stebbins v. DuncanSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  5. Burrus v. CookSupreme Court of Missouri · 1908

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