Legal Opinion

Stevens v. Chapin

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided February 7, 1921PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Pettis County. — TIon. Hophins B. Shain, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtTrimble, P. J.

Plaintiffs ’ brought suit to cancel three certain special tax bills issued 'by the city of Sedalia for the paving of a street upon which their three lots abutted. The grounds for the relief sought were: 1. Failure of the resolution, declaring the work necessary, to describe the character of the work to be done, or to provide that the cost should be assessed against the abutting property or to disclose the method by which the same was to be paid for. 2. Because there was no competitive bidding, all other contractors except defendant being excluded from bidding because of an agreement in…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Hume v. BowieSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  2. Borrowscale v. BosworthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
  3. Choate v. Alabama Great Southern R. R.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1911
  4. Bailey v. United StatesCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1909
  5. Nelson v. MarshallSupreme Court of Vermont · 1904

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1974
  2. Dykes v. McNeillMissouri Court of Appeals · 1987
  3. Blackwell v. City of Lee's SummitSupreme Court of Missouri · 1930
  4. Lawton-Byrne-Bruner Insurance Agency Co. v. Air-Flight Cab Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1972
  5. Pulem ex rel. Blankenship v. George ex rel. GeorgeMissouri Court of Appeals · 1968

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