The Parker-Washington Co. v. Field

This action is to enforce a special tax hill for $28.40 issued in part payment of a “ joint district sewer” constructed under an ordinance of Kansas City, known as Ordinance No. 30,787, approved October 31, 1905. Said taxbill is against Lot 5, Block 45, Hyde Park in said city, oif which the defendant is the owner. Petition and tax bill are in the usual form, and their sufficiency to create a prima-facie case for plaintiff is not questioned.

The answer was a general denial. A jury was waived, the cause was tried by the court and a judgment was rendered sustaining the tax bill and enforcing same…