State ex rel. Attorney General v. Ranson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Quo Warranto. Section 2807 is a nullity, because : (1) It is not embraced in the title of the bill, and, therefore, violates section 28 of article 4 of the constitution of Missouri. State ex rel. v. Lafayette Co. Ct., 41 Mo. 39; State v. Wilson, 7 Ind. 516 ; State v. Bowers, 14 Ind. 195 ; Igoe v. State, 14 Ind. 239 ; Spaugh v. Piuffer, 14 Ind. 305 ; Mewherter v. Price, 11 Ind. 199; Ryerson v. Utley, 16 Mich. 269 ; People v. Palatine, 53 Barb. 70; Cooley on Const.
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Quo Warranto. Section 2807 is a nullity, because : (1) It is not embraced in the title of the bill, and, therefore, violates section 28 of article 4 of the constitution of Missouri. State ex rel. v. Lafayette Co. Ct., 41 Mo. 39; State v. Wilson, 7 Ind. 516 ; State v. Bowers, 14 Ind. 195 ; Igoe v. State, 14 Ind. 239 ; Spaugh v. Piuffer, 14 Ind. 305 ; Mewherter v. Price, 11 Ind. 199; Ryerson v. Utley, 16 Mich. 269 ; People v. Palatine, 53 Barb. 70; Cooley on Const. Lim., pp. 143, 144,149; City of Kansas v. Payne, 71 Mo. 159 ; People v. JDenahy, 20 Mich. 349; Foley v. State, 9 Ind. 363;…
1Opinion of the CourtRay, J.
This was a proceeding in the nature of a quo warranto, by the State of Missouri, at the relation of the *82Attorney General, against the respondent, Joseph 0. Ran-son, requiring him to show by what warrant or authority he claimed to have and exercise the powers and duties of a justice of the peace within and for the township of Kaw, in Jackson county, Missouri. The information was filed December 13th, 1880, and charged, in substance, that at the general election for State, county and township officers held in said township, under authority of law, on the 2nd day of November, 1880, one John W.…
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