Dunker v. Stiefel
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Lotiis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Daniel Dillon, Judge. Appellant had paid all he was legally liable for, i. e., his share of the cost of reconstructing that part of the street between' Leffingwell and Compton avenues where the improved street is of uniform width. Appellant’s ■ property within the meaning of the city charter is “adjoining” property only to that extent. City Charter, art. 6, sec. 18 (Revised Statutes 1889, p. 2123); Kemper v. King, 11 Mo.
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Appeal from the St. Lotiis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Daniel Dillon, Judge. Appellant had paid all he was legally liable for, i. e., his share of the cost of reconstructing that part of the street between' Leffingwell and Compton avenues where the improved street is of uniform width. Appellant’s ■ property within the meaning of the city charter is “adjoining” property only to that extent. City Charter, art. 6, sec. 18 (Revised Statutes 1889, p. 2123); Kemper v. King, 11 Mo. App. 127; Hatpin v. Campbell, 71 Mo. 493; O’Meara v. Green, 16 Mo. App. 118; City v. Hippier, 16 Mo. App. 557. In work…
1Opinion of the Court
Bond, J,
— The appellant filed in the court below an amended petition, in substance stating that respond*381ents were copartners under the firm name and style of Stiefel & Euckert; that appellant owned and possessed in fee simple eight (8) lots, fronting twenty-five feet each on the north side of Franklin avenue and running back northwardly a depth of one hundred and thirty-four feet and eight inches to an alley; that, by proper ordinance duly enacted, the municipal assembly of the city of St. Louis directed the reconstruction of that portion of Franklin avenuebetween Jefferson avenue and Compton…
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