Meyer v. Bobb
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. George H. Shields, Judge. (1) The special tax hills made a prima-facie case for plaintiff on each count. Charter, City of St. Louis, Art. 6, sec. 25; Yieth v. Planet P. & P. Co., 64 Mo.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. George H. Shields, Judge. (1) The special tax hills made a prima-facie case for plaintiff on each count. Charter, City of St. Louis, Art. 6, sec. 25; Yieth v. Planet P. & P. Co., 64 Mo. App. 207. (2) (a) The action of the Board of Public Improvements in recommending the improvement and its secretary in transmitting same to the Municipal Assembly were in substantial, if not literal, compliance with the charter; and substantial compliance is all that the law requires. Cole v. Skrainka, 37 Mo. App. 427; 105 Mo. 303; Steffen v. Pox, 56 Mo. App. 9;…
1Opinion of the CourtReynolds, P. J.
This is an action to enforce three special tax bills, the bills issued by the city of . St. Louis against defendant’s property to plaintiff’s assignor for paving that portion of Cooper street in the city of St. Louis lying between Old Manchester road on the south and Bischoff avenue on the north. The petition is in the ordinary form.
The amended answer upon which the case was tried admitted that the city of St. Louis, by authority of a certain ordinance, had entered into a written contract with plaintiff’s assignor for the improvement of the street, but avers that the ordinance was null and…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Cole v. SkrainkaSupreme Court of Missouri · 1891
- Gist v. Rackliffe-Gibson Construction Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1909
- McCain v. Des MoinesSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Pharis v. JonesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
- Pillsbury v. BrownSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1890
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- Kelvinator St. Louis, Inc. v. SchaderMissouri Court of Appeals · 1931