State Ex Rel. Hawken v. Edwards

This is a suit to collect taxes alleged to be duo the city of Kirkwood by the defendant on personal property owned by him June 1, 1912.

The petition in the usual form is signed by' J. G. Hawken, as collector, and by Henry Higginbotham, attorney.

The answer of the defendant George L. Edwards contains a general denial, and pleads the Statute of Limitations.

I. The Statute of Limitations is not available to the defendant. The tax was for the year 1913 on property possessed by defendant June 1, 1912; that tax became delinquent January 1, 1914. Suit was filed December 10, 1918, within five years…