Vieths v. Planet Property & Financial Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Leboy B. Valliant, Judge. (1) Plaintiffs failed to make a prima facie case. Stadler v. Roth, 59 Mo. 403; Kefferstein v. Knox, 56 Mo. 186. (2) The court erred in excluding legal and competent evidence offered by the defendants.
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Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Leboy B. Valliant, Judge. (1) Plaintiffs failed to make a prima facie case. Stadler v. Roth, 59 Mo. 403; Kefferstein v. Knox, 56 Mo. 186. (2) The court erred in excluding legal and competent evidence offered by the defendants. (1) The answer of appellants, except as to the admission of ownership, was merely a general denial, and this put in issue and permitted a. trial only of the allegations of the petition that the tax bill was made out by the president of the board of public improvements and countersigned by the comptroller and delivered…
1Opinion of the CourtRombauer, P. J.
This is a suit upon a special tax bill for alley paving. The trial resulted in a judgment for plaintiff, from which all the defendants appeal, assigning for' error that the plaintiff failed to make out a prima facie case, and that the court excluded legal and competent evidence offered by them.
The improved alley is in the city of St. Louis. The charter of that city provides that this class of work shall be paid for in special tax bills made out by the president of the board of public improvements, registered by him in his office in full, and registered and countersigned by the city…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Neenan v. SmithSupreme Court of Missouri · 1872
- City of St. Louis ex rel. Seibert v. AllenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
- Kiley v. CranorSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
- Stadler v. RothSupreme Court of Missouri · 1875
- Eyerman v. BlakesleyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1883
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- City of Joplin ex rel. Carthage Dimension & Flag Stone Co. v. HollingsheadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1907
- McCormick v. CloptonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1910
- City of Mexico v. LakenanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1908
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