Platt v. Parker-Washington Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court.— Hon. Walter A. Powell, Judge. Transferred to Kansas City Court of Appeals. (1) The appellant prayed and was allowed an appeal to this court. Respondent does not question its jurisdiction and is desirous that a decision should be had without the delay of certification to the Court of Appeals, for the reason, among others, that the taxbill in question is drawing interest at the.rate of ten per cent per annum.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court.— Hon. Walter A. Powell, Judge. Transferred to Kansas City Court of Appeals. (1) The appellant prayed and was allowed an appeal to this court. Respondent does not question its jurisdiction and is desirous that a decision should be had without the delay of certification to the Court of Appeals, for the reason, among others, that the taxbill in question is drawing interest at the.rate of ten per cent per annum. It is submitted that this court has jurisdiction. It is recognized that in suits upon tax-bills it has been held that the jurisdiction is in the Court…
1Opinion of the Court
•VALLIANT, J.
— In the beginning this seemed to be a suit to quiet title to land under section 650, Revised Statutes 1899*, but the answer and reply reduced it to a suit to test the validity of a special taxbill, held by one of the defendants, for paving the street in front of the land described in the petition. In his petition plaintiff stated that he was the owner in fee of the land described, and that defendants claimed some “title, estate and interest therein adverse to plaintiff’s title.”
The Parker-Washington Company is one of the defendants, the others are described as “unknown persons”…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Barber Asphalt Paving Co. v. HezelSupreme Court of Missouri · 1897
- Smith v. City of WestportSupreme Court of Missouri · 1903
3Cited by3 opinions
- City of Marshfield Ex Rel. Hasten v. BrownSupreme Court of Missouri · 1935
- Wharton v. Citizens Bk. of BosworthMissouri Court of Appeals · 1929
- Platt v. Parker-Washington Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1912