Schreck v. Parker

STONE, Judge.

This opinion deals with the appeals by defendants (property owners) in six cases (here consolidated) instituted by the same plaintiff, Joe W. Scales, as the assignee of tax bills, to enforce the lien thereof against lots in Sikeston, Missouri, a city of the third class. The improvement, for which the City of Sikeston (hereinafter referred to as the city) issued these (and a multitude of similar) tax bills, was the grading, rolling and oiling of streets under Section 88.643, RSMo 1949 [repealed and substantially reenacted Laws of 1953, p. 312; amended Laws of 1959, H.B. No. 280,…