State v. Tibbe Electric Co.
Decision Date | 31 May 1913 |
Citation | 157 S.W. 635 |
Parties | STATE ex rel. FRANKLIN COUNTY v. TIBBE ELECTRIC CO. |
Court | Missouri Supreme Court |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Franklin County.
Action by the State, on the relation of Franklin County, against the Tibbe Electric Company. Judgment for the defendant, and relator appeals. Reversed and remanded.
John T. Barker, Atty. Gen., and Wm. M. Fitch, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant. John W. Boothe, for respondent.
This is an action to recover the penalty provided by statute for failure of defendant to make report to the Secretary of State as required by law. The cause comes to us from the circuit court of Franklin county. The petition or information reads:
To the petition the defendant filed a demurrer in this language:
This demurrer was sustained by the court, and, the plaintiff refusing to plead further, judgment was entered up against the plaintiff, and the appeal here is from such judgment. Sections 1013, 1015, 1016, and 1017, R. S. 1899, are now sections 3026, 3028, 3029, and 3030, R. S. 1909. We are interested now in the first and last of the four named sections...
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