Fay v. City of Springfield

PHILIPS, District Judge.

This is a hill in equity to enjoin the enforcement and collection of special tax bills assessed against lots fronting on Commercial street in the city of Spriugiield, Mo. The *410complainants are owners of certain of tbe lots; and tbe bill alleges, in substance, that tbe city of Springfield, which is a city of tbe third class, under the statutes of tbe state of Missouri, passed a resolution directing tbe repavement of said street from tbe center of Boonville Street to tbe center of Benton avenue, embracing a number of blocks fronting on said street, and that it made a…