Legal Opinion

Wright v. Town of Butler

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided October 15, 1876PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Jippeal from Bates Circuit Court. Dil. Mun. Corp., §475 ; Cheatham vs. Brainard, 11 Conn. 81; Turley vs. Tucker, 6 Mo. 301; Kempton vs. Cook, 4 Pick. 805; Goodwin vs. Hubbard, 15 Mass. 210 ; Truss vs. Old, 6 Rand. [Va.] 556.

1Opinion of the CourtNorton, Judge

The town of Butler, in April, 1§73, by its board of trustees, appointed three commissioners to assess damages done to real estate in opening Fulton street in said town. The commissioners thus appointed made their report to the board, in which Jacob D. Wright was found to be the owner of block 17 in said town, and assessed his damages at one dollar and the benefits of said street *166to Mm at one dollar. This report was approved by the board and the land condemned, or so much as was for the use of said street. From the action of the board the said Wright appealed to the circuit court, where, upon…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. Steele v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1915
  2. Feary v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1901
  3. Landis v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1883
  4. Gordon v. PeltzerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1894
  5. State v. BrooksSupreme Court of Missouri · 1889

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