69 Mo. 306 | Mo. | 1879
We are all agreed that the beneficial
plaintiff in this action is a public corporation. Gen. Stat., 275, § 6; Sess. Acts 1867, 160, § 6; Dillon 'J . Tv , on Munic.• Corp., § 10 . Heller v. Stremmel, 52 Mo. 309, and, thei-efore, not subject to the process of execution, at least so far as any school building or property is concerned. 1 Wag. Stat., § 36, p. 295. And this idea finds further support in the avowed policy of this State, evinced in the most decided manner in our organic as well as statutory provisions, to favor and foster popular and promiscuous education, by applying, for that purpose, a large portion of the revenues of the State, as well as authorizing local and burdensome taxation for the erection of school buildings and the maintenance of schools. It would greatly tend to frustrate the design and purpose of
But it is insisted that the beneficial plaintiff had an adequate remedy at law, and, therefore, equity should not interpose injunctive relief. It is true that relief could have been thus obtained, but this does not oust equitable jurisdiction in a case of this sort, for if it be the case that the school house was not vendible under execution, equity would interfere to prevent a cloud from being east on the title by reason of a void sale, and also to prevent a multiplicity of suits springing from such void act. Holland v. Mayor, 11 Md. 186; Mayor v. Porter, 18 Md. 284; Vogler v. Montgomery, 54 Mo. 577; Damschroeder v. Thias, 51 Mo. 100; McPike v. Pen, 51 Mo. 63.
These considerations induce an affirmance of the judg
Affirmed.