Stadler v. Roth
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. I. The hill was incompetent evidence as against the defendant, Meyer, the only real defendant in the case. (Kefferstein vs. Knox, 56 Mo., 186.) I. The tax bill sued on was pnma facie evidence of the validity of the charge against the property, even though the engineer failed in the first .instance to insert in the hill the name of the real owner. (Sess.
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Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. I. The hill was incompetent evidence as against the defendant, Meyer, the only real defendant in the case. (Kefferstein vs. Knox, 56 Mo., 186.) I. The tax bill sued on was pnma facie evidence of the validity of the charge against the property, even though the engineer failed in the first .instance to insert in the hill the name of the real owner. (Sess. Acts 1871, p. 193, §§ 1, 2,7; 1867, p. 74, § 11; City to use of McGrath vs. Clemens, 36 Mo., 473.) II. The requirement of the statute that the engineer should make out the bill in the name of the owner of…
1Opinion of the CourtHough, Judge
This was an action brought by John Stadler, as assignee of a special tax bill issued December 23, 1867, by F. Bischoff, then city engineer of St. Louis, against Edward Buse, as the owner of the property therein described. During the progress of the suit Stadler died, and the cause was revived in the name of Barbara Stadler, as executrix. Defendant, Meyer, was the owner of the property described in the tax bill at the time of the institution of the suit. In December, 1872, plaintiff’s attorney received the tax bill sued on from the plaintiff’s testator for the purpose of collecting it, and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Neenan v. SmithSupreme Court of Missouri · 1872
- City of St. Louis ex rel. Seibert v. AllenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
- Kiley v. CranorSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
- Kefferstein v. KnoxSupreme Court of Missouri · 1874
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