St. Avit v. Kettle River Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri; David P. Dyer, Judge. Suit in equity by John St. Avit and" others against the Kettle River Company. Decree for defendant, and complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
[1] The complainants seek to cancel, as; clouds upon their title, certain tax bills issued against their property by the city of Cape Girardeau to the Kettle River Company for grading, paving, and improving certain streets in said city. The improvements here in question were made in 1909, and before the revision of the statutes of Missouri for that year, and reference will therefore be made to the Revised Statutes of 1899 and subsequent amendments thereto. Among'the laws of Missouri, as they existed at the time of the improvement, was the following substitute for section…
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