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55 Mo. 584

Smith v. Guerant

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided February 15, 1874

Supreme Court of Missouri · decided 1874-02-15

<p> Appeal from Caldwell Common Pleas. </p>

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently April 1886

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Decided 1874-02-15

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Sherwood, Judge,

¶1delivered the opinion of the court.

¶2The Common Pleas Court of Caldwell County was created by an act of the General Assembly, which went into effect Óct. 1st, 1870 (Sess. Acts 1870,209). The law of its organization provides, that causes shall be taken by appeal or writ of error from that Court to the Circuit Court of Caldwell County. This provision it was perfectly competent for the legislature to insert, and is not at all obnoxious to the charge of unconstitutionality at the present time, nor was it at the period of its enactment.. (Our views on this subject are more fully expressed in the case of Ross vs. Murphy, ante p. 372.) It follows, that this court has no cognizance of this appeal, and that the same must be dismissed.

¶3Judge Tories dissents.

The other judges concur
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