State ex rel. Johnson v. Burks

CLEMENS, Commissioner.

This appeal grows out of proceedings by which the City of St. Louis condemned plaintiff’s dilapidated, vandalized building. The threshold question here is whether the plaintiff effectively appealed to the City’s appellate tribunal when he “paid” the required filing fee with a worthless check.

Plaintiff Johnson owns real estate in St. Louis. Defendants Burks, Beins and Murphy are members of St. Louis City’s Board of Buildings Appeals, defendant Miller is the Board’s Secretary, and defendant Brown is the City’s Building Commissioner. Plaintiff petitioned the Circuit Court…