City of Chillicothe ex rel. Meek v. Henry
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Livingston Circuit Court. — Hon. Francis H. Trimble, Judge. (1) The court erred in finding for respondent. Under tbe record the judgment should have been for appellant. The answer of respondent being a general denial, the judgment was for the wrong party. Sec. 15, Ordinance 22, Chillicothe; Sec. 12, Ordinance 209, Chillicothe; Vieths v. Planet, etc., Co., 64 Mo.
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Appeal from Livingston Circuit Court. — Hon. Francis H. Trimble, Judge. (1) The court erred in finding for respondent. Under tbe record the judgment should have been for appellant. The answer of respondent being a general denial, the judgment was for the wrong party. Sec. 15, Ordinance 22, Chillicothe; Sec. 12, Ordinance 209, Chillicothe; Vieths v. Planet, etc., Co., 64 Mo. App. 207. (2) The city council of the City of Chillicothe had, by authority of the legislature of Missouri, exclusive power to pave and otherwise improve the streets of said city of Chillicothe, and assess cost on property…
1Opinion of the CourtEllison, J.
This action is to enforce the lien of a special taxbill against the property of the defendant fronting on Elm street, in the city of Chillicothe, a city under ten thousand inhabitants and incorporated by special charter. The trial court adjudged the bill to be invalid.
The city, by ordinance, directed the paving of twenty-four feet in width of that part of Calhoun street lying between Broadway and Locust streets except where it intersected with other streets, at which intersections the paving, after allowing for parkway and sidewalk space, was to be the full width of Calhoun street. The effect…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Cushing v. PowellMissouri Court of Appeals · 1908
- City of St. Louis v. J. E. Kaime & Brother Real Estate Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1904
- City of Sedalia v. ColemanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1900
3Cited by11 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Kramer v. SchwartzSupreme Court of Missouri · 1935
- City of St. Louis v. Bell Place Realty Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1914
- City of Poplar Bluff ex rel. Jolly v. BaconMissouri Court of Appeals · 1910
- Boonville Mercantile Co. v. HoganMissouri Court of Appeals · 1920
- Fellows v. DorseyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1913
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