Wells v. City of Weston
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from, Weston Court of Common Pleas. This was a petition filed by John B. Wells to set aside a sale of his land, made under the authority of the city of Weston, for the payment of a tax which the city claimed the right to levy and collect, and to enjoin the execution of a deed.
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Appeal from, Weston Court of Common Pleas. This was a petition filed by John B. Wells to set aside a sale of his land, made under the authority of the city of Weston, for the payment of a tax which the city claimed the right to levy and collect, and to enjoin the execution of a deed. The 5th section of the 1st article of the act to incorporate the city of Weston, approved March Sd, 1851, provides, that “ the inhabitants of said city shall have power to purchase, receive and hold property, both real and personal, within said city ; to purchase, receive and hold property, real and personal,…
1Opinion of the CourtLeonard, Judge
The question that has been argued before us upon this record, and the only one that we have considered, is, whether it is competent for the legislature to confer upon the city of Weston authority to tax, for local purposes, land lying beyond *388•the corporate limits. We have considered the matter with all the care that it is our duty to do, when we are required to decide upon the constitutional validity of a legislative act; but being clearly of opinion that this provision of the charter violates the constitutional rights of the citizen, which we are bound to protect, we are constrained to…
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