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Boatmen's Bank v. Semple Place Realty Co.

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided June 19, 1919PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis. —Hon. William H. Kinsey, Judge. (1) The only question in this case is: “Are the tax hills void because issued against separate lots instead of an entire tract? All other defenses were ruled against the defendants, who have not appealed, and they are out of the case. Carruthers v. Little River Drainage District, 271 Mo. 429, 196 S-W. 1115; Shull v. Mo. Pac. Ry.

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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis. —Hon. William H. Kinsey, Judge. (1) The only question in this case is: “Are the tax hills void because issued against separate lots instead of an entire tract? All other defenses were ruled against the defendants, who have not appealed, and they are out of the case. Carruthers v. Little River Drainage District, 271 Mo. 429, 196 S-W. 1115; Shull v. Mo. Pac. Ry. Co., 221 Mo. 140, 146. The defense sustained by the court below that the tax bills should have been issued against an entire tract is, under the evidence in this case, without…

1Opinion of the CourtBecker, J.

This is an appeal by plaintiff from a judgment of the circuit court of the city of St. Louis in favor of the defendants upon certain special tax bills issued for the work of constructing sewers in Harlem Creek Sewer District No. 7, in St. Louis. The seven tax bills in issue aggregate $5750.61.

It is not necessary to set forth the petition in tne case as its sufficiency is not challenged. The petition is in the usual form to enforce the alleged lien of seven special tax bills issued July 29, 1912, to the plaintiff bank’s assignor, by the city of St. Louis, for the alleged construction of…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Landis v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1883
  2. Funkhouser v. LaySupreme Court of Missouri · 1883
  3. McShane v. City of MoberlySupreme Court of Missouri · 1883
  4. Barber Asphalt Paving Co. v. MunnSupreme Court of Missouri · 1904
  5. Sheehan v. OwenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1884

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Franzen v. Southern Surety Co.Wyoming Supreme Court · 1926
  2. Hayes v. Kansas CitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1922
  3. Jouett v. KeeneyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1931

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