Wolfort v. City of St. Louis
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. Plaintiff appealed from a judgment in favor of defendant after a demurrer to Ms petition had been sustained. (1) The court erred in sustaining the defendant’s demurrer.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. Plaintiff appealed from a judgment in favor of defendant after a demurrer to Ms petition had been sustained. (1) The court erred in sustaining the defendant’s demurrer. (2) Lots 7 and 8 were not chargeable as one lot for the cost of reconstruction, but lot 8 alone bordering on Florida street is alone chargeable for reconstruction, and that only to the extent of twenty-five per cent, of its assessed value, and the city is chargeable for any excess of cost above that amount. The term lot used in the ordinance is a platted and recorded lot at the time…
1Opinion of the CourtBarclay, J.
The trial court found plaintiff’s petition insufficient upon demurrer. The correctness of that ruling is questioned by this appeal.
Plaintiff seeks to recover of the city the amount of a special tax bill paid by him to contractors on account of the improvement of Florida street.
Plaintiff has been since 1892 the lessee of a tract of land on the corner of Broadway and Florida streets in St. Louis. The premises include lots numbered 7 and 8, each of thirty feet frontage on Broadway, in city block 245, as appears on the original plats of survey; but in the plaintiff’s lease they are described as…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Kemper v. KingMissouri Court of Appeals · 1881
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- Moberly v. HoganSupreme Court of Missouri · 1895
- Barber Asphalt Paving Co. v. PeckSupreme Court of Missouri · 1905
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