Legal Opinion
Ewing v. City of St. Louis
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 18, 1867PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
72 U.S. 413
18 L.Ed. 657
5 Wall. 413
EWING
v.
CITY OF ST. LOUIS.
December Term, 1866
THIS was a bill in equity, filed in the Circuit Court for Missouri, to enjoin the enforcement of certain judgments rendered against the complainant by the mayor of St. Louis for the amount of alleged benefit to his property from the opening of Wash Street, in that city, and to obtain compensation for the property of the complainant appropriated by the city for the use of the street.
The bill, after averring the complainant's ownership of certain lots in that city, alleged that the mayor, at the instance of the city,…
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