State ex rel. Jones v. County Court
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Cooper Circuit Court. — Hon. D. W. Shackleford, Judge. (1) The county court of Cooper county had exclusive jurisdiction to grant licenses to dramshop keepers in the county of Cooper, under the laws of 1891, pp. 128-130, sec. 4. (2) The filing of the petition of John D. Patrick, signed by a majority of the assessed taxpaying citizens and guardians of minors owning property in the city of Bunceton, and in the block or square in which the dramshop was to be…
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Appeal from the Cooper Circuit Court. — Hon. D. W. Shackleford, Judge. (1) The county court of Cooper county had exclusive jurisdiction to grant licenses to dramshop keepers in the county of Cooper, under the laws of 1891, pp. 128-130, sec. 4. (2) The filing of the petition of John D. Patrick, signed by a majority of the assessed taxpaying citizens and guardians of minors owning property in the city of Bunceton, and in the block or square in which the dramshop was to be kept, gave that county court jurisdiction of the subject-matter and when it once acquired jurisdiction, all of its acts are…
1Opinion of the CourtEllison, J.
This a proceeding by certiorari, issued by the circuit court to the county court of Cooper county, whereby it is sought to annul a dram-shop license which the county court granted to John D. Patrick. The circuit court annulled the license. The ground assumed by the relator is that the county court had no jurisdiction to grant such license, on account of its not appearing in the record that said Patrick was a “law-abiding, assessed, taxpaying male citizen above twenty-one years of age.” The record of the county court is silent on that question and relator contends that that fact must…
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