Lewis v. Nuckolls
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to Holt Circuit Court. I. An appeal lay to the circuit court to reverse tbe informal judgment of tbe county court declaring a non-compliance with the terms of the charter. (Sanders v. Rains, 10 Mo. 173.) The court erred in affirming the judgment of the county court. At the time of the rendition of said judgment said court had no jurisdiction of the persons of said Nuck-olls ; nor had it jurisdiction of the subject matter of the suit, to-wit, the charter.
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Error to Holt Circuit Court. I. An appeal lay to the circuit court to reverse tbe informal judgment of tbe county court declaring a non-compliance with the terms of the charter. (Sanders v. Rains, 10 Mo. 173.) The court erred in affirming the judgment of the county court. At the time of the rendition of said judgment said court had no jurisdiction of the persons of said Nuck-olls ; nor had it jurisdiction of the subject matter of the suit, to-wit, the charter. So far as it declared that the Nuckolls had not complied with their charter, it should have heen reversed. A non-compliance with the…
1Opinion of the CourtNapton, Judge
In November-, 1855, Heath Nuckolls and Stephen E. Nuckolls procured from the legislature a charter to establish a ferry on the Missouri river, in Holt county, which was to continue for fifteen years, and gave them exclusive ferry privileges for four miles up and down the river. The county court of Holt county was to fix the rate of ferriage, to take the necessary bonds, and were also empowered by the act to license other ferries within the prescribed limits in the event that the Nuckolls failed to keep up their boat in the manner the charter directed. At the November term of the Holt county…
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