Butler County v. Boatmen's Bank
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Leroy B. Yalliant, Judge. (1) The money arising from the sale of these bonds could not be appropriated to any other purpose than that for which the said bonds were issued, either by the county court or anyone else. R. S. 1889, sec. 835. (2) In making contracts the county court is the agent of the county, with express, limited and defined powers; and persons contracting with it must take notice of its power and authority.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Leroy B. Yalliant, Judge. (1) The money arising from the sale of these bonds could not be appropriated to any other purpose than that for which the said bonds were issued, either by the county court or anyone else. R. S. 1889, sec. 835. (2) In making contracts the county court is the agent of the county, with express, limited and defined powers; and persons contracting with it must take notice of its power and authority. Bauer v. Franklin Co., 51 Mo. 205; Sturgeon v. Hampton, 88 Mo. 203. The acts of the county court can only be proven by the…
1Opinion of the CourtMaceaklane, P. J.
This is an action to recover a balance of $6,722.50 alleged to be due the county of Butler from defendant, a savings bank, on account of a special deposit therein of the sum of $30,933 cash. The petition charges in substance that on the first day of March, 1890, the plaintiff deposited with the defendant $30,000 of its new five per cent funding bonds with instructions in writing to the defendant, among other things, to deliver them to Wernse & Deickman for their face value in cash, and to apply the cash so to be received to the payment of certain six per cent bonds which were on that day said…
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- State ex rel. Mississippi County v. MooreSupreme Court of Missouri · 1881
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