Pearson Drainage Dist. v. Erhardt
Decision Date | 14 October 1946 |
Docket Number | No. 39711.,39711. |
Citation | 196 S.W.2d 855 |
Parties | PEARSON DRAINAGE DIST. v. ERHARDT. |
Court | Missouri Supreme Court |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Audrian County; Frank Hollingsworth, Judge.
Action to recover drainage taxes by Pearson Drainage District, a corporation, against John Erhardt, revived in the name of Tom Devine. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
Case transferred to St. Louis Court of Appeals.
Stinson, Mag, Thomson, McEvers & Fizzell, Clifford B. Kimberly, and Milligan, Kimberly & Deacy, all of Kansas City, for appellant.
Windsor & Wooldridge, of Boonville, and Clark, Boggs, Peterson & Becker, of Columbia, for respondent.
Action by an alleged drainage district to collect about two hundred dollars drainage taxes from the defendant owner of land in said district. The defendant contends that plaintiff is not a legally organized district under the statute. He also contends that it has been so ruled in two prior cases and for that reason the question is res judicata. Judgment for defendant and plaintiff appeals.
It is stated in appellant's brief that this court has appellate jurisdiction for the reason the case requires a construction of the revenue laws of this state. We have ruled to the contrary in State ex rel. Broughton v. Oliver, 273 Mo. 537, 201 S.W. 868. In that case and at page 542 of 273 Mo., at page 870 of 201 S.W., we stated:
Chilton v. Drainage District No. 8 of Pemiscot County, 332 Mo. 1173, 61 S.W.2d 744.
Plaintiff also contends that the title to real estate is involved. We also have ruled this question to the contrary in Nettleton Bank v. McGaughey's Estate, 318 Mo. 948, 2 S.W.2d 771, 774. In that case we stated: ...
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