State ex rel. Hamilton v. Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Linn Circuit Court. — Hon. G-. D. Burg-ess,. Judge. (1) The court should reverse the judgment as to-each of counts 1, 2, 3 and 4, because the court failed to follow the ruling in State ex rel. v. Railroad, 97 Mo. 299. (2) The court erred in permitting plaintiff to introduce in evidence the so-called certified tax bill; there is no statute authorizing the proof of any fact by a “certified tax bill” in a suit like the present one.
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Appeal from Linn Circuit Court. — Hon. G-. D. Burg-ess,. Judge. (1) The court should reverse the judgment as to-each of counts 1, 2, 3 and 4, because the court failed to follow the ruling in State ex rel. v. Railroad, 97 Mo. 299. (2) The court erred in permitting plaintiff to introduce in evidence the so-called certified tax bill; there is no statute authorizing the proof of any fact by a “certified tax bill” in a suit like the present one. (3) The court also erred in admitting in evidence the order of tlie county court, dated November 5, 1887. (4) The county court, on November 5, 1887, had…
1Opinion of the CourtMaceablahe, J.
The suit is prosecuted by the collector of Linn county to recover taxes for the years 1883, 4, 5, 6 and 7, alleged to have been levied by the county court for payment of interest upon railroad aid bonds of Jefferson township, in Linn county, and for creating a fund with which to pay the principal at their maturity. The petition contains five counts, one for the taxes of each year, and is drawn substantially after the form prescribed for such suits by what is now section 7742, Revised Statutes, 1889. In each count it is charged that the tax became delinquent January 1, 1888.
Defendant, by its…
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