City of St. Joseph ex rel. Gibson v. Farrell
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Buchanan Circuit Court. — Hon. Samuel P. Huston, Judge. This is an action upon a special tax bill. On May 6, 1881, the city oí St. Joseph, then governed by a special charter, established by ordinance a main or public sewer, designated the “Messanie street sewer,” extending from the Missouri river along Messanie street to the east line of Tenth street, and entered into a contract with Patrick Morley to construct it, reserving power to stop the work, at any time,…
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Appeal from Buchanan Circuit Court. — Hon. Samuel P. Huston, Judge. This is an action upon a special tax bill. On May 6, 1881, the city oí St. Joseph, then governed by a special charter, established by ordinance a main or public sewer, designated the “Messanie street sewer,” extending from the Missouri river along Messanie street to the east line of Tenth street, and entered into a contract with Patrick Morley to construct it, reserving power to stop the work, at any time, on ten days’ notice. Morley’s contract was performed to Eighth street, and that work paid for. In 1885, the city (having…
1Opinion of the CourtBarclay, J.
The special tax bills sought to be enforced in this action were issued in payment for the construction of a sewer in district number 1 of the city of St. Joseph. At that time, the municipality was governed by a general charter, applicable to cities of the second class. It vested in the common council the power to establish (by ordinances.as occasion might require) a sewer system, embracing public, district and private sewers. Public sewers were authorized “along the principal courses of drainage,” and were chargeable (by a “special public sewer tax”) on all property in the city, taxable for…
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- State ex rel. Wilson v. MastinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1890
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