Parker-Washington Co. v. City of Kansas City

The opinion of. the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

The statute for the government of cities of the first class as it existed prior to 1905 authorized all such cities to issue bonds to cover the expense of improving streets. In 1905 an act was passed providing among other things that in cities of the first class having a population of over 50,000 such expenses should be met by the issuance of special tax bills against the property chargeable with the cost of such improvements. (Laws 1905, ch. 112.) After this- act took effect the Parker-Washington Company, under a contract with the city,…