Smith v. City of Westport
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Ho». E. P. Gates, Judge. (1) The resolution declaring the work necessary did not include and describe the work of bringing the street to grade. (2) The notice to contractors was not published in some paper published in the city for one week, as required by law. (3) The work was not completed within the time required by contract and ordinance.
1Opinion of the CourtBroaddus, J.
This is a proceeding in equity to remove from the title of plaintiff’s property the lien of certain taxbills issued by the city of Westport, a city of the fourth class , for the improvement of Holmes street between thirty-first and thirty-third streets on which her property faced.
On June 3, 1896, the city council adopted a resolution declaring that it was necessary that Holmes street between the streets named be macadamized and curbed, which resolution further declared that the general revenue fund of the city was' not in condition to warrant an expenditure to bring the street to the…
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