Bambrick v. Campbell
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from, the St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Jas. E. Withrow, Judge. The petition did not state a cause of action. (a) Because the special tax bill was not lawfully assignable by the quarry company to Bambrick.
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Appeal from, the St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Jas. E. Withrow, Judge. The petition did not state a cause of action. (a) Because the special tax bill was not lawfully assignable by the quarry company to Bambrick. R. S. 1879, sec. 3462; McInerny v. Reed, 23 Iowa, 410. (b) Because there was no direction in ordinance 13,698 to the board to advertise for bids or let* out contracts for the work, (c) Because ordinance 13,698 does not grant or give authority to the board of public improvements to advertise for bids and let out contracts for the proposed improvement. . The special tax bill was…
1Opinion of the CourtRombauer, P. J.
The plaintiff prosecutes this action on a special tax bill. The petition contains • the usual averments and states, among other things, that the work was done by the St. Louis Quarry Company, to whom the tax bill was originally issued, and who, for value, assigned the same in writing to the plaintiff. There was j udgment for plaintiff in the trial court, and the defendants appeal.
I. The first assignment of error is that the court erred in admitting any evidence in support of the petition, because the tax bill was not assignable, and therefore the plaintiff, as assignee, could not maintain the…
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