Doemker v. City of Richmond Heights

This is a suit in equity to cancel certain tax bills issued against the respective properties of the plaintiffs for the improvement of Park Avenue, a public street in the city of Richmond Heights, which is a city of the fourth class and situated in St. Louis County. The aggregate amount in dispute is in excess of $7500. The ground alleged in the petition upon which it is asserted the tax bills are invalid, is want of jurisdiction by the city, to pass the ordinance for the making of the improvement, the letting of the contract, the acceptance of the work and assessment of the taxes. The…