Flinn v. Gillen

The plaintiff, as assignee of a special tax bill issued by the city of Excelsior Springs, a city of the third class, in payment of street paving, sought to enforce the same as a lien upon the property of defendant. The only defense made was that the contractor constructing said improvement was a foreign corporation, organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, and had not complied with the laws of the State of Missouri concerning foreign corporations doing business in this State and was not licensed to do business in this State. The answer of defendant pleaded the character of the…